How To Install golang-cfssl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-cfssl on Kali Linux.

What is golang-cfssl

golang-cfssl is:

CFSSL is CloudFlare’s PKI/TLS swiss army knife. It is both a command line tool and an HTTP API server for signing, verifying, and bundling TLS certificates. CFSSL can be used to build custom TLS PKI tools as well as create and manipulate traditional certificate structures using code or on the command line.

This package contains the command line executables.

There are three methods to install golang-cfssl 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 golang-cfssl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install golang-cfssl

Install golang-cfssl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install golang-cfssl

Install golang-cfssl 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 golang-cfssl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install golang-cfssl

How To Uninstall golang-cfssl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the golang-cfssl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove golang-cfssl

Uninstall golang-cfssl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove golang-cfssl

Remove golang-cfssl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge golang-cfssl

Remove golang-cfssl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge golang-cfssl

Dependencies

golang-cfssl have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libsqlite3-0

References

• golang-cfssl website

Summary

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