Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dish on Kali Linux.
What is dish
dish is:
Dish executes commands simultaneously on several systems via ‘ssh’, ‘rsh’,
’telnet’, ‘mysql’, or any user-defined command-line connection client.
It makes easy the distribution of files by ‘scp’ and ‘rcp’, but also a remote
password change or operations requiring authentication by multiple passwords.
Dish can be used as a flexible tool for managing large number of various types
of hosts such as (clustered) servers, switches, databases, etc.
There are three methods to install dish 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 dish Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dish using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dish
Install dish Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dish using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dishInstall dish 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 dish using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dish
How To Uninstall dish on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dish package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dish
Uninstall dish And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dish and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dish
Remove dish Configurations and Data
To remove dish configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dish
Remove dish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dish configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dish
Dependencies
dish have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dish package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
