How To Install erlang-p1-pkix on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-p1-pkix on Kali Linux.

What is erlang-p1-pkix

erlang-p1-pkix is:

The idea of the library is to simplify certificates configuration in Erlang programs. Typically an Erlang program which needs certificates (for HTTPS/ MQTT/XMPP/etc) provides a bunch of options such as certfile, chainfile, privkey, etc. The situation becomes even more complicated when a server supports so called virtual domains because a program is typically required to match a virtual domain with its certificate. If a user has plenty of virtual domains it’s quickly becoming a nightmare for them to configure all this. The complexity also leads to errors: a single configuration mistake and a program generates obscure log messages, unreadable Erlang tracebacks or, even worse, just silently ignores the errors. Fortunately, the large part of certificates configuration can be automated, reducing a user configuration to something as simple as:

certfiles:

• /etc/letsencrypt/live//.pem

The purpose of this library is to do this dirty job under the hood.

There are three methods to install erlang-p1-pkix 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 erlang-p1-pkix Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install erlang-p1-pkix using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-p1-pkix

Install erlang-p1-pkix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install erlang-p1-pkix using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install erlang-p1-pkix

Install erlang-p1-pkix 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 erlang-p1-pkix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-p1-pkix

How To Uninstall erlang-p1-pkix on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the erlang-p1-pkix package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove erlang-p1-pkix

Uninstall erlang-p1-pkix And Its Dependencies

To uninstall erlang-p1-pkix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-p1-pkix

Remove erlang-p1-pkix Configurations and Data

To remove erlang-p1-pkix configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-p1-pkix

Remove erlang-p1-pkix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove erlang-p1-pkix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-p1-pkix

Dependencies

erlang-p1-pkix have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• erlang-p1-pkix website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-p1-pkix package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.