How to Install and Uninstall driftnet Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "driftnet" package

This guide let you learn how to install driftnet on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                driftnet
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "driftnet" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall driftnet on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                driftnet
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the driftnet package on Kali Linux

Package: driftnet
Version: 1.5.0-0.2
Installed-Size: 112
Maintainer: David Suárez
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.0.0), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libwebp7 (>= 1.3.2), libwebsockets19 (>= 2.4.1)
Size: 41572
SHA256: f156e70a58b3f172c1ad0c2fb02cfe82116e766c256dbc36b13c037a4cfbbeb7
SHA1: f97f7e3ed0a81ec6066e8942c5801f754dc471d2
MD5sum: c70c00a70fd1f897ed9192c162f37b94
Description: picks out and displays images from network traffic
Inspired by EtherPEG, Driftnet is a program which listens to network
traffic and picks out images from TCP streams it observes. It is
interesting to run it on a host which sees a lot of web traffic.
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(Obviously, this is an invasion of privacy of a fairly blatant sort.
Also, if you are possessed of Victorian sensibilities, and share an
unswitched network with others who are not, you should probably not
use it.)
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/deiv/driftnet
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, network::scanner, protocol::ethernet, role::program,
scope::application, uitoolkit::gtk, use::monitor,
works-with-format::gif, works-with-format::jpg, works-with-format::png,
works-with::image, works-with::image:raster,
works-with::network-traffic, x11::application
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/driftnet/driftnet_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb