nikto command not found
In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix nikto command not found error message
Introduction
When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message
nikto: command not found
or when using sudo you get the following error message
sudo: nikto: command not found
Solutions to nikto: command not found
How To Fix nikto: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian
In Ubuntu nikto is provided by nikto package.
nikto is:
Nikto is a pluggable web server and CGI scanner written in Perl, using rfp’s LibWhisker to perform fast security or informational checks.
Features:
- Easily updatable CSV-format checks database
- Output reports in plain text or HTML
- Available HTTP versions automatic switching
- Generic as well as specific server software checks
- SSL support (through libnet-ssleay-perl)
- Proxy support (with authentication)
- Cookies support
To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.
sudo apt-get -y install nikto
This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.
You can also use apt command to install nikto.
sudo apt -y install nikto
Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.
sudo aptitude install nikto
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to fix nikto command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.