How To Install bosixnet-webui on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bosixnet-webui on Kali Linux. bosixnet-webui is Build Own IPv6 Network (server utilities)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bosixnet-webui on Kali Linux.

What is bosixnet-webui

bosixnet-webui is:

Project should be useful when you have to administer many computers distributed through different networks and connected via NAT. In most of cases you may just install miredo, gogoc or any other tunnel broker’s software and these computers will be available via IPv6 addresses. BOSixNet includes the collection of tools for automatic updating the list of such hosts.

This package provides the FastCGI program which passively listens for incoming connections and generates list of hosts in your IPv6 network which may be put directly into /etc/hosts. Program has very few dependencies and it may be easily launched on embedded devices.

There are three methods to install bosixnet-webui 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 bosixnet-webui Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bosixnet-webui

Install bosixnet-webui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bosixnet-webui

Install bosixnet-webui 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 bosixnet-webui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bosixnet-webui

How To Uninstall bosixnet-webui on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the bosixnet-webui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bosixnet-webui

Uninstall bosixnet-webui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bosixnet-webui

Remove bosixnet-webui Configurations and Data

To remove bosixnet-webui configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bosixnet-webui

Remove bosixnet-webui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bosixnet-webui

Dependencies

bosixnet-webui have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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