How To Install yersinia on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yersinia on Ubuntu.

What is yersinia

yersinia is:

Yersinia is a framework for performing layer 2 attacks. It is designed to take advantage of some weakeness in different network protocols. It pretends to be a solid framework for analyzing and testing the deployed networks and systems.

Attacks for the following network protocols are implemented in this particular release:

• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).
• Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP).
• Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP).
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
• Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP).
• 802.1q.
• 802.1x.
• Inter-Switch Link Protocol (ISL).
• VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP).

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

Install yersinia Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yersinia

Install yersinia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yersinia

Install yersinia Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install yersinia

How To Uninstall yersinia on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove yersinia

Uninstall yersinia And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yersinia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yersinia

Remove yersinia Configurations and Data

To remove yersinia configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yersinia

Remove yersinia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yersinia

Dependencies

yersinia have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libncurses6
• libnet1
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpcap0.8
• libtinfo6

References

• yersinia website

Summary

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