In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing IconCaptcha on your Kali Linux system.
The first step is to download the IconCaptcha package from the official website fabianwennink.nl/projects/IconCaptcha/.
Once you have downloaded the package, extract it to a folder of your choice.
Before you can install IconCaptcha on your Kali Linux, you will need to install some dependencies. Open your terminal and type the following command to install these dependencies:
sudo apt-get install php php-xml php-mbstring
This will install PHP and packages required for it to run properly.
By default, Apache’s web root on Kali Linux is “/var/www/html/”. To install IconCaptcha in the web root, move the extracted file to this folder. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo mv path/to/extraction/folder /var/www/html/
Make sure to replace “path/to/extraction/folder” with the directory path of where you extracted the IconCaptcha package.
Next, you will need to set the appropriate permissions for the extracted folder. To do this, open your terminal again and run the following command:
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/IconCaptcha
Now it’s time to configure IconCaptcha. Navigate to the location where you extracted the IconCaptcha files (ex. “/var/www/html/IconCaptcha/”) and open the “sample.php” file in a text editor.
In this file, you will see a line that looks like this:
('language'=> 'en', 'theme'=> 'default', 'iconset'=> 'default', 'tokenLength'=> 6, 'font'=>'Dimitri.ttf')
You can change the language, theme, icon set, and font to your preference.
Once you have made your changes, save the file.
Now that you have installed IconCaptcha and configured it, it’s time to test it out. Open your browser and enter the URL of IconCaptcha in the address bar:
http://localhost/IconCaptcha/sample.php
If everything has been properly installed and configured, you should see the IconCaptcha interface displayed in your browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed IconCaptcha on your Kali Linux system.
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