How To Install yersinia on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yersinia on Debian 10.
What is yersinia
yersinia is:
Yersinia is a framework for performing layer 2 attacks. It is designed to take advantage of some weakeness in different network protocols. It pretends to be a solid framework for analyzing and testing the deployed networks and systems.
Attacks for the following network protocols are implemented in this particular release:
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).
- Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP).
- Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP).
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
- Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP).
- 802.1q.
- 802.1x.
- Inter-Switch Link Protocol (ISL).
- VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP).
There are three methods to install yersinia on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install yersinia Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yersinia using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yersinia
Install yersinia Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yersinia using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yersinia
Install yersinia Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install yersinia using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yersinia
How To Uninstall yersinia on Debian 10
To uninstall only the yersinia package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yersinia
Uninstall yersinia And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yersinia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yersinia
Remove yersinia Configurations and Data
To remove yersinia configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yersinia
Remove yersinia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yersinia configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yersinia
Dependencies
yersinia have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libfribidi0
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libncurses6
- libnet1
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libpcap0.8
- libtinfo6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yersinia package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.