How To Install basez on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install basez on Kali Linux. basez is base 16/32/64 encode/decode data to standard output

Introduction

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

What is basez

basez is:

BaseZ encodes/decodes base16, base32, base32hex, base64 or base64url data stream per RFC 4648; MIME base64 Content-Transfer-Encoding per RFC 2045; or PEM Printable Encoding per RFC 1421.

This binary package provides a list of commands: basez hex base16 base32plain base32hex base64plain base64url base64mime base64pem

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install basez

Install basez Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install basez

Install basez 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 basez using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install basez

How To Uninstall basez on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove basez

Uninstall basez And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove basez

Remove basez Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge basez

Remove basez configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge basez

Dependencies

basez have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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