How To Install libkcapi-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkcapi-doc on Kali Linux. libkcapi-doc is Documentation for Linux Kernel Crypto API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkcapi-doc on Kali Linux.

What is libkcapi-doc

libkcapi-doc is:

The Linux kernel exports a Netlink interface of type AF_ALG to allow user space to utilize the kernel crypto API. libkcapi uses this Netlink interface and exports easy to use APIs so that a developer does not need to consider the low-level Netlink interface handling.

The library does not implement any cipher algorithms. All consumer requests are sent to the kernel for processing. Results from the kernel crypto API are returned to the consumer via the library API.

The kernel interface and therefore this library can be used by unprivileged processes.

This is the documentation for libkcapi

There are three methods to install libkcapi-doc 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 libkcapi-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libkcapi-doc

Install libkcapi-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libkcapi-doc

Install libkcapi-doc 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 libkcapi-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkcapi-doc

How To Uninstall libkcapi-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libkcapi-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkcapi-doc

Uninstall libkcapi-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkcapi-doc

Remove libkcapi-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libkcapi-doc

Remove libkcapi-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkcapi-doc

Dependencies

libkcapi-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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