How To Install dhis-tools-genkeys on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhis-tools-genkeys on Kali Linux.

What is dhis-tools-genkeys

dhis-tools-genkeys is:

This package includes a set of tools that may be used to manually create shared or public/private keys for DHIS client/server authentication.

There are three methods to install dhis-tools-genkeys 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 dhis-tools-genkeys Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dhis-tools-genkeys

Install dhis-tools-genkeys Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dhis-tools-genkeys using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dhis-tools-genkeys

Install dhis-tools-genkeys 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 dhis-tools-genkeys using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dhis-tools-genkeys

How To Uninstall dhis-tools-genkeys on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dhis-tools-genkeys package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dhis-tools-genkeys

Uninstall dhis-tools-genkeys And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhis-tools-genkeys

Remove dhis-tools-genkeys Configurations and Data

To remove dhis-tools-genkeys configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dhis-tools-genkeys

Remove dhis-tools-genkeys configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dhis-tools-genkeys configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dhis-tools-genkeys

Dependencies

dhis-tools-genkeys have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgmp10

References

• dhis-tools-genkeys website

Summary

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