How To Install htp on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install htp on Kali Linux. htp is nice HTML pre-processor

Introduction

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

What is htp

htp is:

htp is an HTML pre-processor. It is designed to be a flexible authoring tool that can easily be integrated into the HTML design process.

It is able to preprocess HTML, XHTML, XML and CSS files (it could handle any text based files). Its purpose is to assist on maintaining a consistent look over an entire set of web pages. This is done by allowing someone to define their own tags as abbreviations for sets of standard HTML tags.

Those looking for a tool that allows handling HTML files with any text editor, not graphical based editors only, will find htp very helpful since it runs from the command-line to build the final HTML code that goes on the HTTP server.

Documentation and examples are included.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install htp

Install htp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install htp

Install htp 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 htp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install htp

How To Uninstall htp on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove htp

Uninstall htp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove htp

Remove htp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge htp

Remove htp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge htp

Dependencies

htp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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