How To Install uacme on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uacme
on Kali Linux.
What is uacme
uacme is:
uacme is a client for the ACMEv2 protocol described in RFC8555, written in plain C with minimal dependencies (libcurl and GnuTLS or mbedTLS). The ACMEv2 protocol allows a Certificate Authority (https://letsencrypt.org is a popular one) and an applicant to automate the process of verification and certificate issuance. The protocol also provides facilities for other certificate management functions, such as certificate revocation. For more information see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8555
There are three methods to install uacme
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 uacme Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install uacme
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uacme
Install uacme Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uacme
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uacme
Install uacme 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 uacme
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uacme
How To Uninstall uacme on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the uacme
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uacme
Uninstall uacme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uacme
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uacme
Remove uacme Configurations and Data
To remove uacme
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uacme
Remove uacme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uacme
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uacme
Dependencies
uacme have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uacme
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.