How To Install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 on Kali Linux.

What is gnome-keyring-pkcs11

gnome-keyring-pkcs11 is:

gnome-keyring is a daemon in the session, similar to ssh-agent, and other applications can use it to store passwords and other sensitive information.

This package contains a PKCS#11 module that will allow using the GNOME keyring as a certificate database.

There are three methods to install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 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 gnome-keyring-pkcs11 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-keyring-pkcs11

Install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-keyring-pkcs11

Install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 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 gnome-keyring-pkcs11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-keyring-pkcs11

How To Uninstall gnome-keyring-pkcs11 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnome-keyring-pkcs11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-keyring-pkcs11

Uninstall gnome-keyring-pkcs11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-keyring-pkcs11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-keyring-pkcs11

Remove gnome-keyring-pkcs11 Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-keyring-pkcs11 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-keyring-pkcs11

Remove gnome-keyring-pkcs11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-keyring-pkcs11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-keyring-pkcs11

Dependencies

gnome-keyring-pkcs11 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• gnome-keyring-pkcs11 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-keyring-pkcs11 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.