How To Install gobuster on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gobuster
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gobuster
gobuster is:
Gobuster is a tool used to brute-force URIs including directories and files as well as DNS subdomains.
There are three methods to install gobuster
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gobuster Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gobuster
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gobuster
Install gobuster Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gobuster
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gobuster
Install gobuster Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gobuster
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gobuster
How To Uninstall gobuster on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gobuster
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gobuster
Uninstall gobuster And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gobuster
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gobuster
Remove gobuster Configurations and Data
To remove gobuster
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gobuster
Remove gobuster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gobuster
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gobuster
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gobuster
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.