How To Install gpgrt-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgrt-tools on Kali Linux.
What is gpgrt-tools
gpgrt-tools is:
gpgrt (also known as libgpg-error) defines common error values, messages, and common runtime functionality for all GnuPG components. Among these are GPG, GPGSM, GPGME, GPG-Agent, libgcrypt, pinentry, SmartCard Daemon and possibly more in the future.
This package contains yat2m, a Texinfo to nroff/troff converter useful for building manpages, and gpg-error, a binary for deciphering GnuPG/libgcrypt error codes.
There are three methods to install gpgrt-tools 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 gpgrt-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gpgrt-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gpgrt-toolsInstall gpgrt-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gpgrt-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gpgrt-toolsInstall gpgrt-tools 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gpgrt-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gpgrt-toolsHow To Uninstall gpgrt-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gpgrt-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gpgrt-toolsUninstall gpgrt-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gpgrt-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpgrt-toolsRemove gpgrt-tools Configurations and Data
To remove gpgrt-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gpgrt-toolsRemove gpgrt-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gpgrt-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpgrt-toolsDependencies
gpgrt-tools have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgrt-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.