How To Install zkg on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zkg
on Kali Linux.
What is zkg
zkg is:
The Zeek Package Manager makes it easy for Zeek users to install and manage third party scripts as well as plugins for Zeek and ZeekControl.
This package installs the zkg executable and support files.
There are three methods to install zkg
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 zkg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zkg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zkg
Install zkg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zkg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zkg
Install zkg 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 zkg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zkg
How To Uninstall zkg on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the zkg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zkg
Uninstall zkg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zkg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zkg
Remove zkg Configurations and Data
To remove zkg
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zkg
Remove zkg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zkg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zkg
Dependencies
zkg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zkg
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.