How To Install python-pycryptodome-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycryptodome-doc on Kali Linux. python-pycryptodome-doc is cryptographic Python library (documentation)

Introduction

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

What is python-pycryptodome-doc

python-pycryptodome-doc is:

PyCryptodome is a self-contained Python package of low-level cryptographic primitives.

PyCryptodome is a fork of PyCrypto. It brings several enhancements with respect to the last official version of PyCrypto (2.6.1), for instance:

  • Authenticated encryption modes (GCM, CCM, EAX, SIV, OCB)
  • Accelerated AES on Intel platforms via AES-NI
  • First class support for PyPy
  • Elliptic curves cryptography (NIST P-256 curve only)
  • Better and more compact API (nonce and iv attributes for ciphers, automatic generation of random nonces and IVs, simplified CTR cipher mode, and more)
  • SHA-3 (including SHAKE XOFs) and BLAKE2 hash algorithms
  • Salsa20 and ChaCha20 stream ciphers
  • scrypt and HKDF
  • Deterministic (EC)DSA
  • Password-protected PKCS#8 key containers
  • Shamir’s Secret Sharing scheme
  • Random numbers get sourced directly from the OS (and not from a CSPRNG in userspace)
  • Simplified install process, including better support for Windows
  • Cleaner RSA and DSA key generation (largely based on FIPS 186-4)
  • Major clean ups and simplification of the code base

PyCryptodome is not a wrapper to a separate C library like OpenSSL. To the largest possible extent, algorithms are implemented in pure Python. Only the pieces that are extremely critical to performance (e.g. block ciphers) are implemented as C extensions.

This is the documentation package.

There are three methods to install python-pycryptodome-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 python-pycryptodome-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 python-pycryptodome-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pycryptodome-doc

Install python-pycryptodome-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pycryptodome-doc

Install python-pycryptodome-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 python-pycryptodome-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pycryptodome-doc

How To Uninstall python-pycryptodome-doc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pycryptodome-doc

Uninstall python-pycryptodome-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pycryptodome-doc

Remove python-pycryptodome-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pycryptodome-doc

Remove python-pycryptodome-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pycryptodome-doc

Dependencies

python-pycryptodome-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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