How To Install libopencryptoki0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencryptoki0 on Kali Linux. libopencryptoki0 is PKCS#11 implementation (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencryptoki0 on Kali Linux.

What is libopencryptoki0

libopencryptoki0 is:

openCryptoki is a PKCS#11 Cryptographic Token Interface Standard implementation. It includes drivers and libraries to enable IBM cryptographic hardware such as Trusted Computing Platform (TPM) cryptographic devices as well as a software token for testing.

This package contains the library.

There are three methods to install libopencryptoki0 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 libopencryptoki0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libopencryptoki0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopencryptoki0

Install libopencryptoki0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopencryptoki0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopencryptoki0

Install libopencryptoki0 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 libopencryptoki0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopencryptoki0

How To Uninstall libopencryptoki0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libopencryptoki0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopencryptoki0

Uninstall libopencryptoki0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopencryptoki0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopencryptoki0

Remove libopencryptoki0 Configurations and Data

To remove libopencryptoki0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopencryptoki0

Remove libopencryptoki0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopencryptoki0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopencryptoki0

Dependencies

libopencryptoki0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencryptoki0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.