How to Install and Uninstall nikto Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 02,2024

You can also install and uninstall the nikto on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "nikto" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install nikto on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall nikto on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 nikto package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: nikto
Architecture: all
Version: 1:2.1.5-3.1
Priority: extra
Section: multiverse/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Vincent Bernat
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1864
Depends: perl:any, libwhisker2-perl (>= 2.5), libjson-pp-perl, libnet-ssleay-perl
Suggests: nmap
Filename: pool/multiverse/n/nikto/nikto_2.1.5-3.1_all.deb
Size: 246252
MD5sum: 4d8e6af0a46733bb4322bc59c0359061
SHA1: a9abba4813ed4ee31acaf51d49b3343558854eb0
SHA256: 2543d4f6f877e98db51d5685a856a9f47c2ecc582160c2ece7ca6bff2f0cc944
SHA512: 57fecfe745dd8639bfa6b9bd21a9812349da25b1e58a66bf96594e1420da7791adfc0704dfb3a68eaff73f1a8068aea11630b50dab370725c4df3b3b37a2eb8e
Homepage: http://cirt.net/nikto2
Description: web server security scanner
Description-md5: bfcacf3e002a7b25ffda9835561a1b95