How To Install hcloud-cli on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hcloud-cli on Kali Linux.

What is hcloud-cli

hcloud-cli is:

hcloud-cli is a command-line interface for interacting with Hetzner Cloud.

The Hetzner Cloud API operates over HTTPS and uses JSON as its data format. The API is a RESTful API and utilizes HTTP methods and HTTP status codes to specify requests and responses.

There are three methods to install hcloud-cli 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 hcloud-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hcloud-cli

Install hcloud-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hcloud-cli

Install hcloud-cli 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 hcloud-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hcloud-cli

How To Uninstall hcloud-cli on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hcloud-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hcloud-cli

Uninstall hcloud-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hcloud-cli

Remove hcloud-cli Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hcloud-cli

Remove hcloud-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hcloud-cli

Dependencies

hcloud-cli have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• hcloud-cli website

Summary

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