How To Install gost on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gost on Kali Linux. gost is local copy tool of Security Tracker (Red Hat/Debian) written in go

Introduction

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

What is gost

gost is:

gost builds a local copy of Security Tracker (Red Hat/Debian). After you register CVEs to watch list, gost notify via E-mail/Slack if there is an update. The pronunciation of gost is the same as the English word “ghost”.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gost

Install gost Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gost

Install gost 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 gost using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gost

How To Uninstall gost on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gost

Uninstall gost And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gost

Remove gost Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gost

Remove gost configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gost

Dependencies

gost have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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