How to Install and Uninstall gobuster Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "gobuster" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gobuster on Kali Linux


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall gobuster on Kali Linux:


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

Package: gobuster
Source: gobuster (3.6.0-1)
Version: 3.6.0-1+b1
Installed-Size: 7996
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: crunch, cupp, hashcat
Size: 2538340
SHA256: 8b2aeba979a4baf3125bebf528bb59f1dc159cdc701b1130bff51446653d6cf9
SHA1: 1a336c7a47b94555e2d84f8cc6849501fef0f7ef
MD5sum: 4c1c998df0978cb34a08e966ce718901
Description: Directory/file & DNS busting tool written in Go
Gobuster is a tool used to brute-force: URIs (directories and files) in
web sites, DNS subdomains (with wildcard support), Virtual Host names
on target web servers, Open Amazon S3 buckets, Open Google Cloud buckets
and TFTP servers.
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Gobuster is useful for pentesters, ethical hackers and forensics experts.
It also can be used for security tests.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/OJ/gobuster
Built-Using: golang-1.21 (= 1.21.3-1), golang-github-fatih-color (= 1.15.0-1), golang-github-google-uuid (= 1.3.0-1), golang-github-mattn-go-colorable (= 0.1.13-1), golang-github-mattn-go-isatty (= 0.0.19-1), golang-github-pin-tftp (= 3.0.0-1), golang-github-spf13-cobra (= 1.7.0-1), golang-github-spf13-pflag (= 1.0.6~git20210604-d5e0c0615ace-1), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.13.0-1), golang-golang-x-net (= 1:0.15.0-2), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.12.0-1), golang-golang-x-term (= 0.12.0-1)
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gobuster/gobuster_3.6.0-1+b1_amd64.deb