How To Install go-qrcode on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-qrcode on Kali Linux.

What is go-qrcode

go-qrcode is:

A QR Code is a matrix (two-dimensional) barcode. Arbitrary content may be encoded, with URLs being a popular choice :)

Each QR Code contains error recovery information to aid reading damaged or obscured codes. There are four levels of error recovery: Low, medium, high and highest. QR Codes with a higher recovery level are more robust to damage, at the cost of being physically larger.

The maximum capacity of a QR Code varies according to the content encoded and the error recovery level. The maximum capacity is 2,953 bytes, 4,296 alphanumeric characters, 7,089 numeric digits, or a combination of these.

There are three methods to install go-qrcode 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 go-qrcode Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install go-qrcode using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install go-qrcode

Install go-qrcode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install go-qrcode using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install go-qrcode

Install go-qrcode 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 go-qrcode using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install go-qrcode

How To Uninstall go-qrcode on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the go-qrcode package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove go-qrcode

Uninstall go-qrcode And Its Dependencies

To uninstall go-qrcode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove go-qrcode

Remove go-qrcode Configurations and Data

To remove go-qrcode configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge go-qrcode

Remove go-qrcode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove go-qrcode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge go-qrcode

Dependencies

go-qrcode have the following dependencies:

References

• go-qrcode website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-qrcode package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.