How To Install assetfinder on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is assetfinder

assetfinder is:

This package contains a tool to find domains and subdomains potentially
related to a given domain.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install assetfinder

Install assetfinder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install assetfinder

Install assetfinder 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 assetfinder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install assetfinder

How To Uninstall assetfinder on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove assetfinder

Uninstall assetfinder And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove assetfinder

Remove assetfinder Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge assetfinder

Remove assetfinder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge assetfinder

Dependencies

assetfinder have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• assetfinder website

Summary

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