How to Install and Uninstall kismet-capture-common Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "kismet-capture-common" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install kismet-capture-common on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kismet-capture-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kismet-capture-common" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall kismet-capture-common on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kismet-capture-common package on Kali Linux

Package: kismet-capture-common
Source: kismet
Version: 2023.07.R1-0kali4
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 42
Depends: adduser, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Breaks: kismet (<< 2019.07.R2-0kali3)
Replaces: kismet (<< 2019.07.R2-0kali3)
Homepage: https://www.kismetwireless.net/
Priority: optional
Section: net
Filename: pool/main/k/kismet/kismet-capture-common_2023.07.R1-0kali4_all.deb
Size: 13284
SHA256: b2752acfd91f0fc9601e581538ce1cf0492e8b7b9087f3ac2133d9824e8ee35b
SHA1: 9696077869476dab31e9b5cade9cc58bbd43ed44
MD5sum: 0fc7fc5c0e40f6d3739e9093eafd6b76
Description: Kismet Capture common helper
Kismet is a wireless network and device detector, sniffer, wardriving tool,
and WIDS (wireless intrusion detection) framework.
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Kismet works with Wi-Fi interfaces, Bluetooth interfaces, some SDR (software
defined radio) hardware like the RTLSDR, and other specialized capture
hardware.
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This package contains the debconf files for setuid capture binaries.
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: Nick Andrik