How To Install go-bindata on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-bindata on Kali Linux.

What is go-bindata

go-bindata is:

This tool converts any file into manageable Go source code. It is useful for embedding binary data into a Go program. The file data is optionally gzip compressed before being converted to a raw byte slice.

This package provides the standalone utility go-bindata.

There are three methods to install go-bindata 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 go-bindata Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install go-bindata

Install go-bindata Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install go-bindata

Install go-bindata 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 go-bindata using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install go-bindata

How To Uninstall go-bindata on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the go-bindata package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove go-bindata

Uninstall go-bindata And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove go-bindata

Remove go-bindata Configurations and Data

To remove go-bindata configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge go-bindata

Remove go-bindata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge go-bindata

Dependencies

go-bindata have the following dependencies:

• dpkg-dev

References

• go-bindata website

Summary

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