How To Install golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev on Kali Linux. golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev is Go package to parse and convert private keys in PKCS#8 format (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev on Kali Linux.

What is golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev

golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev is:

pkcs8 OpenSSL can generate private keys in both “traditional format” and PKCS#8 format. Newer applications are advised to use more secure PKCS#8 format. Go standard crypto package provides a function (http://golang.org/pkg/crypto/x509/#ParsePKCS8PrivateKey) to parse private key in PKCS#8 format. There is a limitation to this function. It can only handle unencrypted PKCS#8 private keys. To use this function, the user has to save the private key in file without encryption, which is a bad practice to leave private keys unprotected on file systems. In addition, Go standard package lacks the functions to convert RSA/ECDSA private keys into PKCS#8 format.

pkcs8 package fills the gap here. It implements functions to process private keys in PKCS#8 format, as defined in RFC5208 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5208) and RFC5958 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5958). It can handle both unencrypted PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo format and EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo format with PKCS#5 (v2.0) algorithms.

Godoc (http://godoc.org/github.com/youmark/pkcs8) Installation Supports Go 1.10+. Release v1.1 is the last release supporting Go 1.9

text go get github.com/youmark/pkcs8

dependency This package depends on golang.org/x/crypto/pbkdf2 and golang.org/x/crypto/scrypt packages. Use the following command to retrieve them text go get golang.org/x/crypto/pbkdf2 go get golang.org/x/crypto/scrypt

There are three methods to install golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev 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-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev 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-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev

Install golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev

Install golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev 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-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev

How To Uninstall golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev

Uninstall golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev

Remove golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev Configurations and Data

To remove golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev

Remove golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev

Dependencies

golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-github-youmark-pkcs8-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.