How To Install gojay on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gojay

gojay is:

This package provides a command line tool to generate gojay’s marshaling and unmarshaling interface implementation for custom struct type(s).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gojay

Install gojay Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gojay

Install gojay 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 gojay using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gojay

How To Uninstall gojay on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gojay

Uninstall gojay And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gojay

Remove gojay Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gojay

Remove gojay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gojay

Dependencies

gojay have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• gojay website

Summary

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