How To Install mandos-client on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mandos-client on Kali Linux. mandos-client is do unattended reboots with an encrypted root file system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mandos-client on Kali Linux.

What is mandos-client

mandos-client is:

This is the client part of the Mandos system, which allows computers to have encrypted root file systems and at the same time be capable of remote and/or unattended reboots.

The computers run a small client program in the initial RAM disk environment which will communicate with a server over a network. All network communication is encrypted using TLS. The clients are identified by the server using a TLS public key; each client has one unique to it. The server sends the clients an encrypted password. The encrypted password is decrypted by the clients using an OpenPGP key, and the password is then used to unlock the root file system, whereupon the computers can continue booting normally.

There are three methods to install mandos-client 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 mandos-client Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mandos-client

Install mandos-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mandos-client

Install mandos-client 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 mandos-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mandos-client

How To Uninstall mandos-client on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mandos-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mandos-client

Uninstall mandos-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mandos-client

Remove mandos-client Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mandos-client

Remove mandos-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mandos-client

Dependencies

mandos-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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