How To Install fastd-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fastd-doc on Kali Linux. fastd-doc is Fast and Secure Tunneling Daemon (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fastd-doc on Kali Linux.

What is fastd-doc

fastd-doc is:

A VPN daemon that has many features of OpenVPN and Tinc and is optimized for small code size and small number of dependencies. Fastd became popular on small devices like routers.

This package provides the documentation for fastd.

There are three methods to install fastd-doc 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 fastd-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fastd-doc

Install fastd-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fastd-doc

Install fastd-doc 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 fastd-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fastd-doc

How To Uninstall fastd-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fastd-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fastd-doc

Uninstall fastd-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fastd-doc

Remove fastd-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fastd-doc

Remove fastd-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fastd-doc

Dependencies

fastd-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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