How to Install nikto software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install nikto software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

nikto software package provides web server security scanner, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nikto 

nikto is installed in your system.

Make ensure the nikto package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep nikto *

You will get with nikto package name, version, architecture and description in a table

nikto package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Network
Package nikto
Version 1:2.1.4-2
Description web server security scanner
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove nikto software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?