How To Install golang-cfssl on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-cfssl
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 Ubuntu 22.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-cfssl
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.