How To Install yasat on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is yasat

yasat is:

YASAT (Yet Another Stupid Audit Tool) goal is to be as simple as possible with minimum binary dependencies (only sed, grep and cut). Second goal is to document each test with maximum information and links to official documentation. It do many tests for checking security configuration issue or others good practice. It checks many software configurations like: Apache, Bind DNS, CUPS, PHP, kernel configuration, MySQL, network configuration, openvpn, Packages update, samba, snmpd, squid, syslog, tomcat, user accounting, vsftpd, xinetd.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yasat

Install yasat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yasat

Install yasat 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 yasat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yasat

How To Uninstall yasat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove yasat

Uninstall yasat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yasat

Remove yasat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yasat

Remove yasat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yasat

Dependencies

yasat have the following dependencies:

References

• yasat website

Summary

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