How To Install kickpass on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kickpass
on Kali Linux.
What is kickpass
kickpass is:
It keep each password in a specific safe, protected with modern cryptography. Command line interface is splited into different command.
It has features like:
- One password to rule them all;
- Oone password to find them;
- One password to bring them all
- Integrated password generator;
- Full text metadata with your favorite editor;
- Direct copy to X selection and clipboard;
- Strong encryption: AEAD with chacha20 and poly1305.
There are three methods to install kickpass
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 kickpass Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kickpass
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kickpass
Install kickpass Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kickpass
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kickpass
Install kickpass 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 kickpass
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kickpass
How To Uninstall kickpass on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kickpass
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kickpass
Uninstall kickpass And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kickpass
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kickpass
Remove kickpass Configurations and Data
To remove kickpass
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kickpass
Remove kickpass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kickpass
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kickpass
Dependencies
kickpass have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kickpass
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.