How To Install electrum on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install electrum on Kali Linux. electrum is Easy to use Bitcoin client

Introduction

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

What is electrum

electrum is:

This package provides a lightweight Bitcoin client which protects you from losing your bitcoins in a backup mistake or computer failure. Also, Electrum does not require waiting time because it does not download the Bitcoin blockchain.

Features of Electrum:

  • Instant on: Your client does not download the blockchain. It uses a network of specialized servers that index the blockchain.
  • Forgiving: Your wallet can be recovered from a secret seed.
  • Safe: Your seed and private keys are encrypted on your hard drive. They are never sent to the servers.
  • Low trust: Information received from the servers is verified using SPV. Servers are authenticated using SSL.
  • No downtimes: Your client is not tied to a particular server; it will switch instantly if your server is down.
  • Ubiquitous: You can use the same wallet on different computers, they will synchronize automatically.
  • Cold Storage: Sign transactions from a computer that is always offline. Broadcast them using a machine that does not have your keys.
  • Reachable: You can export your private keys into other Bitcoin clients.
  • Established: Electrum is open source and was first released in November 2011.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install electrum

Install electrum Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install electrum

Install electrum 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 electrum using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install electrum

How To Uninstall electrum on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove electrum

Uninstall electrum And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove electrum

Remove electrum Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge electrum

Remove electrum configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge electrum

Dependencies

electrum have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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