How To Install gadmintools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gadmintools on Kali Linux. gadmintools is GTK+ server administration tools (meta-package)

Introduction

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

What is gadmintools

gadmintools is:

Gadmintools consists of several easy to use GTK+ server administration tools for the following programs:

  • gadmin-bind - ISC BIND DNS server
  • gadmin-openvpn-client - OpenVPN client
  • gadmin-openvpn-server - OpenVPN Server
  • gadmin-proftpd - Proftpd FTP server
  • gadmin-rsync - Rsync server
  • gadmin-samba - Samba SMB server

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gadmintools

Install gadmintools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gadmintools

Install gadmintools 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 gadmintools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gadmintools

How To Uninstall gadmintools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gadmintools

Uninstall gadmintools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gadmintools

Remove gadmintools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gadmintools

Remove gadmintools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gadmintools

Dependencies

gadmintools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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