How To Install ccrypt on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ccrypt

ccrypt is:

ccrypt is a utility for encrypting and decrypting files and streams. It was designed as a replacement for the standard unix crypt utility, which is notorious for using a very weak encryption algorithm. ccrypt is based on the Rijndael cipher, which is the U.S. government’s chosen candidate for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES, see http://www.nist.gov/aes). This cipher is believed to provide very strong security.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ccrypt

Install ccrypt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ccrypt

Install ccrypt 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 ccrypt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ccrypt

How To Uninstall ccrypt on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ccrypt

Uninstall ccrypt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ccrypt

Remove ccrypt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ccrypt

Remove ccrypt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ccrypt

Dependencies

ccrypt have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcrypt1

References

• ccrypt website

Summary

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