How To Install wordpress on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wordpress on Kali Linux.
What is wordpress
wordpress is:
WordPress is a full featured web blogging tool: * Instant publishing (no rebuilding) * Comment pingback support with spam protection * Non-crufty URLs * Themable * Plugin support
There are three methods to install wordpress 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 wordpress Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install wordpress using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wordpressInstall wordpress Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install wordpress using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wordpressInstall wordpress 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install wordpress using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wordpressHow To Uninstall wordpress on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the wordpress package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wordpressUninstall wordpress And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wordpress and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wordpressRemove wordpress Configurations and Data
To remove wordpress configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wordpressRemove wordpress configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wordpress configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wordpressDependencies
wordpress have the following dependencies:
- apache2
- libapache2-mod-php
- ca-certificates
- default-mysql-client
- php-gd
- php-mysql
- libjs-cropper
- libjs-underscore
- php-getid3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wordpress package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
