How To Install 6tunnel on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install 6tunnel on Kali Linux.

What is 6tunnel

6tunnel is:

6tunnel allows you to use services provided by IPv6 hosts
with IPv4-only applications and vice versa. It can bind to
any of your IPv4 or IPv6 addresses and forward all data to
IPv4 or IPv6 host.

Tunnelling for application that don’t speak IPv6. It can be
used for example as an IPv6-capable IRC proxy in other network.

There are three methods to install 6tunnel 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 6tunnel Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install 6tunnel using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install 6tunnel

Install 6tunnel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install 6tunnel using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install 6tunnel

Install 6tunnel 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 6tunnel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install 6tunnel

How To Uninstall 6tunnel on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the 6tunnel package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove 6tunnel

Uninstall 6tunnel And Its Dependencies

To uninstall 6tunnel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove 6tunnel

Remove 6tunnel Configurations and Data

To remove 6tunnel configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge 6tunnel

Remove 6tunnel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove 6tunnel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge 6tunnel

Dependencies

6tunnel have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• 6tunnel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install 6tunnel package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.