How To Install bettercap on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bettercap on Kali Linux. bettercap is Complete, modular, portable and easily extensible MITM framework

Introduction

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

What is bettercap

bettercap is:

This package contains a Swiss Army knife for 802.11, BLE and Ethernet networks reconnaissance and attacks.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bettercap

Install bettercap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bettercap

Install bettercap 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 bettercap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bettercap

How To Uninstall bettercap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bettercap

Uninstall bettercap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bettercap

Remove bettercap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bettercap

Remove bettercap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bettercap

Dependencies

bettercap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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