How To Install gnunet-gtk on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnunet-gtk on Kali Linux.
What is gnunet-gtk
gnunet-gtk is:
GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. Its high-level goal is to provide a strong free software foundation for a global network that provides security and in particular respects privacy.
GNUnet started with an idea for anonymous censorship-resistant file-sharing, but has grown to incorporate other applications as well as many generic building blocks for secure networking applications. In particular, GNUnet now includes the GNU Name System, a privacy-preserving, decentralized public key infrastructure.
This package contains the graphical client, using the GTK+ toolkit. In order use GNUnet, you also need gnunet either on your server or on your local machine.
There are three methods to install gnunet-gtk 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 gnunet-gtk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnunet-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnunet-gtkInstall gnunet-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnunet-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnunet-gtkInstall gnunet-gtk 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnunet-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnunet-gtkHow To Uninstall gnunet-gtk on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gnunet-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnunet-gtkUninstall gnunet-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnunet-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnunet-gtkRemove gnunet-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove gnunet-gtk configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnunet-gtkRemove gnunet-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnunet-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnunet-gtkDependencies
gnunet-gtk have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnunet-gtk package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.