How to install Airodump-ng and Aireplay-ng in Lucidlynx

What is Airodump-ng and Aireplay-ng? If you are familiar in wireless hacking then I believe that these both tools are your best friends.
For the one who are still new in hacking, Airodump-ng is wireless packet capture, simple but very powerfull. It will capture raw 802.11 frames. Airodump-ng writes out a text file about the details of all access points and clients seen.
Aireplay-ng is a tool for injecting packet into a wireless network to generate traffic.
I will not explain how to use these tools in here, but how to install it in Ubuntu Lucidlynx.
If you are still using the previous Ubuntu version, you still can apply the same methods.
Can I install using ‘apt-get install’ command in LucidLynx terminal?
You can’t.


Airodump-ng and Aireplay-ng are part of aircrack-ng packages. So, you just install aircrack-ng then these both tools will automatically available.
Make sure you are connected to the Internet then open your Lucid Lynx terminal (Application > Accessories > Terminal).
Type $sudo apt-get install aircrack-ng.

Installation done.

Now, both airodump-ng and aireplay-ng are available in your system.

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