How To Install mahimahi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mahimahi on Kali Linux. mahimahi is tools for network emulation and analysis

Introduction

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

What is mahimahi

mahimahi is:

Mahimahi is a suite of user-space tools for network emulation and analysis.

Each mahimahi tool spawns a lightweight container, generally connected to the outside via a synthetic network device that observes packets in transit or emulates a desired behavior.

The tools are composable so that a series of emulated network effects can be chained together, with mahimahi containers nested inside each other. Each tool takes an optional command to execute, so it is possible to create a series of nested containers with one command line.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mahimahi

Install mahimahi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mahimahi

Install mahimahi 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 mahimahi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mahimahi

How To Uninstall mahimahi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mahimahi

Uninstall mahimahi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mahimahi

Remove mahimahi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mahimahi

Remove mahimahi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mahimahi

Dependencies

mahimahi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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