Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install skipfish on Kali Linux.
What is skipfish
skipfish is:
Skipfish is an active web application security reconnaissance tool. It prepares
an interactive sitemap for the targeted site by carrying out a recursive crawl
and dictionary-based probes. The resulting map is then annotated with the
output from a number of active (but hopefully non-disruptive) security checks.
The final report generated by the tool is meant to serve as a foundation for
professional web application security assessments.
There are three methods to install skipfish 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 skipfish Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install skipfish using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install skipfishInstall skipfish Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install skipfish using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install skipfishInstall skipfish 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 skipfish using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install skipfishHow To Uninstall skipfish on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the skipfish package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove skipfishUninstall skipfish And Its Dependencies
To uninstall skipfish and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove skipfishRemove skipfish Configurations and Data
To remove skipfish configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge skipfishRemove skipfish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove skipfish configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skipfishDependencies
skipfish have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install skipfish package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
