How to Install and Uninstall kismet-plugins Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "kismet-plugins" package

Learn how to install kismet-plugins on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kismet-plugins
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kismet-plugins" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall kismet-plugins on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                kismet-plugins
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kismet-plugins package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: kismet-plugins
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 412
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Nick Andrik
Architecture: amd64
Source: kismet
Version: 2013.03.R1b-3build1
Depends: libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), kismet (= 2013.03.R1b-3build1)
Suggests: spectools
Filename: pool/universe/k/kismet/kismet-plugins_2013.03.R1b-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 101954
MD5sum: 55f92c9c853af76744b5e627a2cafe21
SHA1: 028ad1748c14595a1e043fa062948356a3434bdc
SHA256: 4fde152b1cf6e58fa529696eb5b1b0945274ce0e88a752927ab9a3d62abe9b17
Description-en: wireless sniffer and monitor - plugins
Kismet is an 802.11 layer-2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and
intrusion detection system. It will work with any wireless card that
supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11a/b/g/n
traffic.
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It can use other programs to play audio alarms for network events,
read out network summaries, or provide GPS coordinates.
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This package provides the following extra plugins for Kismet:
* autowep: detects the WEP key from BSSID and SSID;
* btscan: basic scan support for the 802.15.1 (Bluetooth) protocol;
* dot15d4: support for the 802.15.4 Personal Area Network protocol;
* ptw: performs the Aircrack-NG PTW attack against captured data;
* spectools: imports data from the spectools spectrum analyzer.
Description-md5: 57edf5800dc21940d77fa63e8acff1cb
Enhances: kismet
Homepage: http://www.kismetwireless.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu