How To Install yersinia on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yersinia
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yersinia
Remove yersinia Configurations and Data
To remove yersinia
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yersinia
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.