How To Install digup on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is digup

digup is:

digup is a tool to update md5sum or shasum digest files. It will read existing digest files, check the current directory for new, updated, modified, renamed or deleted files and query the user with a summary of changes. After reviewing the updates, they can be written back to the digest file.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install digup

Install digup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install digup

Install digup 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 digup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install digup

How To Uninstall digup on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove digup

Uninstall digup And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove digup

Remove digup Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge digup

Remove digup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge digup

Dependencies

digup have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• digup website

Summary

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