How to Install and Uninstall socat Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "socat" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install socat on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall socat on Kali Linux:


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

Package: socat
Version: 1.8.0.0-4
Installed-Size: 1756
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~)
Size: 404064
SHA256: 60191143f81a0431209d89a7acb4aa95ab9a69ee12f6606ea197114cf77d720f
SHA1: 550609727a4f3382613082ef829039af78f1d2f2
MD5sum: ce9dc77b0a3a7b6d64adf503ea79c4d9
Description: multipurpose relay for bidirectional data transfer
Socat (for SOcket CAT) establishes two bidirectional byte streams
and transfers data between them. Data channels may be files, pipes,
devices (terminal or modem, etc.), or sockets (Unix, IPv4, IPv6, raw,
UDP, TCP, SSL). It provides forking, logging and tracing, different
modes for interprocess communication and many more options.
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It can be used, for example, as a TCP relay (one-shot or daemon),
as an external socksifier, as a shell interface to Unix sockets,
as an IPv6 relay, as a netcat and rinetd replacement, to redirect
TCP-oriented programs to a serial line, or to establish a relatively
secure environment (su and chroot) for running client or server shell
scripts inside network connections. Socat supports sctp as of 1.7.0.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
network::server, network::vpn, protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6,
protocol::ssl, protocol::tcp, protocol::telnet, protocol::udp,
role::program, scope::utility, use::proxying, use::transmission,
works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/socat/socat_1.8.0.0-4_amd64.deb