How To Install shelldap on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install shelldap on Kali Linux.

What is shelldap

shelldap is:

Shelldap lets you browse and edit an LDAP tree as if it were a filesystem. It keeps command history, has sane autocompletes, credential caching, site-wide and individual configs, and it’s fun to say. Shelldap! Shelldap! Shelldap!

There are three methods to install shelldap on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install shelldap Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install shelldap using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install shelldap

Install shelldap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install shelldap using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install shelldap

Install shelldap Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install shelldap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install shelldap

How To Uninstall shelldap on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the shelldap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove shelldap

Uninstall shelldap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall shelldap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove shelldap

Remove shelldap Configurations and Data

To remove shelldap configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge shelldap

Remove shelldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove shelldap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shelldap

Dependencies

shelldap have the following dependencies:

• libalgorithm-diff-perl
• libnet-ldap-perl
• libterm-readkey-perl
• libterm-readline-gnu-perl
• libterm-shell-perl
• libtie-ixhash-perl
• libyaml-syck-perl
• perl

References

• shelldap website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install shelldap package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.