Installing sqlmap on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS

Example of installing sqlmap on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install sqlmap.


 

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Quick installation of sqlmap:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: sqlmap

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install sqlmap

Package Details

Package:sqlmap
Version:1.0.12-1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://sqlmap.org/
Description:automatic SQL injection tool sqlmap goal is to detect and take advantage of SQL injection vulnerabilities in web applications. Once it detects one or more SQL injections on the target host, the user can choose among a variety of options to perform an extensive back-end database management system fingerprint, retrieve DBMS session user and database, enumerate users, password hashes, privileges, databases, dump entire or user's specific DBMS tables/columns, run his own SQL statement, read specific files on the file system and more.
Distro:Ubuntu 17.04
Release:
Repo/Section:universe/net

How to install sqlmap on Ubuntu 17.04?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If sqlmap is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L sqlmap' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L sqlmap
dpkg-query: package 'sqlmap' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing sqlmap:

After system update use the following command to install sqlmap:

sudo apt-get install sqlmap

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove sqlmap from Ubuntu 17.04?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the sqlmap from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the sqlmap following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  sqlmap

Following command is used to remove the sqlmap package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove sqlmap

This will remove sqlmap and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing sqlmap with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge sqlmap

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove sqlmap

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with sqlmap package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.