How To Install cargo-lock on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cargo-lock on Kali Linux. cargo-lock is Self-contained Cargo.lock parser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cargo-lock on Kali Linux.

What is cargo-lock

cargo-lock is:

This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “cargo-lock”:

  • cargo-lock

There are three methods to install cargo-lock 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 cargo-lock Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cargo-lock

Install cargo-lock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cargo-lock

Install cargo-lock 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 cargo-lock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cargo-lock

How To Uninstall cargo-lock on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cargo-lock package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cargo-lock

Uninstall cargo-lock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cargo-lock

Remove cargo-lock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cargo-lock

Remove cargo-lock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cargo-lock

Dependencies

cargo-lock have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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