How To Install python3-yubico on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-yubico on Kali Linux.
What is python3-yubico
python3-yubico is:
The YubiKey is a hardware authentication token. This is a Python3 library for interacting with YubiKeys. Typical use is to detect, configure (personalize) or issue challenge-responses to YubiKeys.
There are three methods to install python3-yubico 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 python3-yubico Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-yubico using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-yubicoInstall python3-yubico Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-yubico using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-yubicoInstall python3-yubico 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-yubico using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-yubicoHow To Uninstall python3-yubico on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-yubico package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-yubicoUninstall python3-yubico And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-yubico and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-yubicoRemove python3-yubico Configurations and Data
To remove python3-yubico configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-yubicoRemove python3-yubico configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-yubico configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-yubicoDependencies
python3-yubico have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-yubico package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
