How To Install arjun on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install arjun on Kali Linux. arjun is HTTP parameter discovery suite

Introduction

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

What is arjun

arjun is:

This package contains tools to find query parameters for URL enpoints.

Web applications use parameters (or queries) to accept user input, take the following example into consideration: http://api.example.com/v1/userinfo?id=751634589 This URL seems to load user information for a specific user id, but what if there exists a parameter named admin which when set to True makes the endpoint provide more information about the user? This is what Arjun does, it finds valid HTTP parameters with a huge default dictionary of 25,980 parameter names.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install arjun

Install arjun Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install arjun

Install arjun 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 arjun using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install arjun

How To Uninstall arjun on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove arjun

Uninstall arjun And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove arjun

Remove arjun Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge arjun

Remove arjun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arjun

Dependencies

arjun have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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