Installation of 3klCon Tool on Kali Linux

Step 1:

At first,open the Kali Linux terminal and move to the desktop using the following command. On the desktop, we have to create a directory in which we will install the tool or clone the tool from GitHub.

cd Desktop/

Step 2:

 Now, we are on the desktop. We will create a new directory called 3klCon using the following command.

mkdir 3klCon

Step 3:

 You have created the directory 3klCon on the Desktop. Move to this directory using the following command.

cd 3klCon/

Step 4:

Now you are under 3klCon directory. Here you have to clone the 3klCon tool. GitHub To clone the tool, use the following command.

git clone https://github.com/eslam3kl/3klCon

Step 5:

 Now, the tool has been cloned successfully to the 3klCon directory. Now list out the contents of the tool using the following commands.

ls

Step 6:

You can see a new directory here. 3klCon created. Move to this directory using the following command.

cd 3klcon

Step 7:

 List out the content of the directory using the following command.

ls

Step 8:

 We have downloaded the tool, and now we have to authorize the tool using the following command.

sudo chmod +x install_tools.sh
./install_tools.sh

Step 9:

 Run the 3klcon.py file using Python

python3 3klcon.py --help

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