How To Install diceware on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install diceware
on Kali Linux.
What is diceware
diceware is:
Passphrase generator following the proposals of Arnold G. Reinhold on http://diceware.com . It generates passphrases by concatenating words randomly picked from wordlists.
There are three methods to install diceware
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install diceware Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install diceware
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install diceware
Install diceware Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install diceware
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install diceware
Install diceware Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install diceware
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install diceware
How To Uninstall diceware on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the diceware
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove diceware
Uninstall diceware And Its Dependencies
To uninstall diceware
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove diceware
Remove diceware Configurations and Data
To remove diceware
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge diceware
Remove diceware configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove diceware
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge diceware
Dependencies
diceware have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install diceware
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.