How To Install cookietool on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cookietool on Kali Linux. cookietool is suite of programs to help maintain a fortune database

Introduction

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

What is cookietool

cookietool is:

The ‘‘cookietool’’ itself eliminates duplicate entries, sorts cookies alphabetically or by size if you wish. The ‘‘cdbsplit’’ tool extracts parts of the database to a separate file, by keyword, by size, by number, or as groups of ‘similar’ cookies.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cookietool

Install cookietool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cookietool

Install cookietool 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 cookietool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cookietool

How To Uninstall cookietool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cookietool

Uninstall cookietool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cookietool

Remove cookietool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cookietool

Remove cookietool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cookietool

Dependencies

cookietool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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