How To Look At Services On Kali

One of our goals when developing Kali Linux was to provide multiple metapackages that would permit usa to easily install subsets of tools based on their particular needs. Until recently, we only had a handful of these meta packages but we have since expanded the metapackage list to include far more than options:

kali-linux
kali-linux-all
kali-linux-forensic
kali-linux-full
kali-linux-gpu
kali-linux-pwtools
kali-linux-rfid
kali-linux-sdr
kali-linux-top10
kali-linux-voip
kali-linux-web
kali-linux-wireless

These metapackages let for easy installation of sure tools in a specific field, or alternatively, for the installation of a full Kali suite. All of the Kali metapackages follow a particular naming convention, starting with "kali-linux" and so if you lot desire to see which metapackages are bachelor, you can search for them every bit follows:

          apt-get update && apt-cache search kali-linux

Although we tried to make the metapackage names self-explanatory, we are limited in the applied length nosotros can utilize, then let's take a brief await at each of them and see how much disk space is used by each one:

kali-linux

The kali-linux metapackage is a completely bare-bones installation of Kali Linux and includes various network services such every bit Apache and SSH, the Kali kernel, and a number of version control applications similar git, svn, etc. All of the other metapackages listed below also contain kali-linux . Installation Size: 1.five GB

kali-linux-full

When you lot download a Kali Linux ISO, y'all are substantially downloading an installation that has the kali-linux-full metapackage installed. This bundle includes all of the tools you are familiar with in Kali. Installation Size: nine.0 GB

kali-linux-all

In lodge to keep our ISO sizes reasonable, we are unable to include every single tool that nosotros parcel for Kali and in that location are a number of tools that are not able to be used depending on hardware, such as various GPU tools. If you lot desire to install every bachelor Kali Linux parcel, you can install the kali-linux-all metapackage. Installation Size: 15 GB

kali-linux-top10

In Kali Linux, we accept a sub-bill of fare called "Top 10 Security Tools". The kali-linux-top10 metapackage will install all of these tools for yous in ane fell dive. Installation Size: three.5 GB

kali-linux-forensic

If you are doing forensics piece of work, you don't desire your analysis system to contain a agglomeration of unnecessary tools. To the rescue comes the kali-linux-forensic metapackage, which only contains the forensics tools in Kali. Installation Size: 3.1 GB

kali-linux-gpu

GPU utilities are very powerful but need special hardware in social club to part correctly. For this reason, they are not included in the default Kali Linux installation but y'all can install them all at in one case with kali-linux-gpu and get slap-up. Installation Size: 4.eight GB

kali-linux-pwtools

The kali-linux-pwtools metapackage contains over xl different password cracking utilities as well as the GPU tools independent in kali-linux-gpu . Installation Size: 6.0 GB

kali-linux-rfid

For our users who are doing RFID research and exploitation, nosotros accept the kali-linux-rfid metapackage containing all of the RFID tools available in Kali Linux. Installation Size: 1.v GB

kali-linux-sdr

The kali-linux-sdr metapackage contains a large selection of tools for your Software Defined Radio hacking needs. Installation Size: two.4 GB

kali-linux-voip

Many people take told united states of america they use Kali Linux to comport VoIP testing and inquiry so they will exist happy to know we now have a dedicated kali-linux-voip metapackage with 20+ tools. Installation Size: i.8 GB

kali-linux-web

Web application assessments are very common in the field of penetration testing and for this reason, Kali includes the kali-linux-web metapackage containing dozens of tools related to spider web application hacking. Installation Size: four.9 GB

kali-linux-wireless

Like web applications, many penetration testing assessments are targeted towards wireless networks. The kali-linux-wireless metapackage contains all the tools yous'll need in i piece of cake to install package. Installation Size: six.6 GB

To encounter the listing of tools included in a metapackage, you lot can use uncomplicated apt commands. For instance, to listing all the tools included in the kali-linux-web metapackage, we could:

          apt-enshroud show kali-linux-web | grep Depends