How To Install yaws-yapp on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaws-yapp on Kali Linux.

What is yaws-yapp

yaws-yapp is:

Yaws-yapp (Yaws application handler) is a helper application. It takes care of adding, and removing, the applications into a running server. When anyone access the server with an URL that matches the path for an added application, the docroot will be temporarily switched to where the web pages for that application are located.

This package provides Yapp config file which is intended to use along with fully installed Yaws webserver.

There are three methods to install yaws-yapp 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 yaws-yapp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yaws-yapp

Install yaws-yapp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yaws-yapp

Install yaws-yapp 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 yaws-yapp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yaws-yapp

How To Uninstall yaws-yapp on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the yaws-yapp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yaws-yapp

Uninstall yaws-yapp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaws-yapp

Remove yaws-yapp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yaws-yapp

Remove yaws-yapp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaws-yapp

Dependencies

yaws-yapp have the following dependencies:

• yaws
• erlang-yapp

References

• yaws-yapp website

Summary

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