I tried using apt-get install kismet to uninstall kismet and hopefully reinstall it but after apt-get remove, kismet still opens.
Hi,
I just removed it this way with no issue.
root@kali:~# apt autoremove
etc,etc,
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-4) ...
root@kali:~# kismet
Kismet client exiting.
it loaded correctly and I closed it with Control + C
it ends.
root@kali:~# apt-get remove kismet
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libxml-libxml-perl libxml-namespacesupport-perl libxml-sax-base-perl
libxml-sax-expat-perl libxml-sax-perl
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
giskismet kali-linux-full kismet
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 682 not upgraded.
After this operation, 4,785 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 312517 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing kali-linux-full (2016.2.11) ...
Removing giskismet (0.02~svn30-1kali2) ...
Removing kismet (2016.01.R1-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-8) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
root@kali:~# kismet
bash: /usr/bin/kismet: No such file or directory
^it's now gone.
root@kali:~# apt-get install kismet
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
kismet-plugins festival gpsd
The following NEW packages will be installed:
kismet
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 682 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,169 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,689 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package kismet.
(Reading database ... 312255 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../kismet_2016.01.R1-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking kismet (2016.01.R1-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-8) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Setting up kismet (2016.01.R1-1) ...
Installing Kismet with suid-root capture helper ...
and it works again. If it didn't unistall this way I'd probably just remove it using Synaptic.
Hope that helps
-c