How To Install wrapsrv on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wrapsrv on Kali Linux.

What is wrapsrv

wrapsrv is:

wrapsrv adds support for connecting to a network service based on DNS SRV record lookups to commands that do not support the DNS SRV record. wrapsrv implements the weighted priority client connection algorithm in RFC 2782. The specified command line will be invoked one or more times with %h and %p sequences in the command line substituted for the hostname and port elements of the selected SRV record.

There are three methods to install wrapsrv 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 wrapsrv Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wrapsrv

Install wrapsrv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wrapsrv using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wrapsrv

Install wrapsrv 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 wrapsrv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wrapsrv

How To Uninstall wrapsrv on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wrapsrv package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wrapsrv

Uninstall wrapsrv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wrapsrv

Remove wrapsrv Configurations and Data

To remove wrapsrv configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wrapsrv

Remove wrapsrv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wrapsrv

Dependencies

wrapsrv have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• wrapsrv website

Summary

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