How To Install libdigidoc-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdigidoc-tools on Kali Linux. libdigidoc-tools is DigiDoc digital signature library tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdigidoc-tools on Kali Linux.

What is libdigidoc-tools

libdigidoc-tools is:

DigiDoc is an XML file format for documents with digital signatures in use by the Estonian ID card infrastructure. This library allows for creation and reading of DigiDoc files.

This library implements a subset of the XAdES digital signature standard on top of Estonian-specific .ddoc container format.

This package contains tools for manipulating signatures created with the DigiDoc digital signature library.

There are three methods to install libdigidoc-tools 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 libdigidoc-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdigidoc-tools

Install libdigidoc-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdigidoc-tools

Install libdigidoc-tools 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 libdigidoc-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdigidoc-tools

How To Uninstall libdigidoc-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdigidoc-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdigidoc-tools

Uninstall libdigidoc-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdigidoc-tools

Remove libdigidoc-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdigidoc-tools

Remove libdigidoc-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdigidoc-tools

Dependencies

libdigidoc-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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