Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alfred on Kali Linux.
What is alfred
alfred is:
A.L.F.R.E.D. gathers status information in networks with dynamically
chaing topologies, e.g. a Wifi mesh with mobile clients. It is a
user space daemon for distributing arbitrary local information
over the same mesh/network in a decentralized fashion. This data
can be anything which appears to be useful – originally designed
to replace the batman-adv visualization (vis), you may distribute
hostnames, phone books, administration information, DNS information,
the local weather forecast …
Users may insert information by using the alfred binary on the command
line, or use custom written programs to communicate with alfred directly
through unix sockets. Once the local data is received, the alfred
daemon takes care of distributing this information to other alfred
servers on other nodes somewhere in the network. As addressing scheme
IPv6 link-local multicast addresses are used which do not require any
manual configuration. A user can request data from alfred, and will
receive the information available from all alfred servers in the network.
There are three methods to install alfred 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 alfred Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install alfred using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alfredInstall alfred Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alfred using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alfredInstall alfred 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install alfred using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alfred
How To Uninstall alfred on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the alfred package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alfred
Uninstall alfred And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alfred and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alfred
Remove alfred Configurations and Data
To remove alfred configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alfred
Remove alfred configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alfred configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alfred
Dependencies
alfred have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alfred package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
