How To Install wmi-client on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmi-client on Kali Linux.

What is wmi-client

wmi-client is:

This DCOM/WMI client implementation is based on Samba4 sources. It uses RPC/DCOM mechanisms to interact with WMI services on Windows 2000/XP/2003 machines.

This package contains the command line client to perform remote command execution on Windows systems.

There are three methods to install wmi-client on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wmi-client Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wmi-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wmi-client

Install wmi-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wmi-client using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wmi-client

Install wmi-client Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install wmi-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmi-client

How To Uninstall wmi-client on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wmi-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wmi-client

Uninstall wmi-client And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wmi-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmi-client

Remove wmi-client Configurations and Data

To remove wmi-client configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wmi-client

Remove wmi-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wmi-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmi-client

Dependencies

wmi-client have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• wmi-client website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmi-client package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.