How To Install gpgv-static on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgv-static on Kali Linux.
What is gpgv-static
gpgv-static is:
GnuPG is GNU’s tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC 4880.
This is GnuPG’s signature verification tool, gpgv, built statically so that it can be directly used on any platform that is running on the Linux kernel. Android and ChromeOS are two well known examples, but there are many other platforms that this will work for, like embedded Linux OSes. This gpgv in combination with debootstrap and the Debian archive keyring allows the secure creation of chroot installs on these platforms by using the full Debian signature verification that is present in all official Debian mirrors.
There are three methods to install gpgv-static 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 gpgv-static Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gpgv-static using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gpgv-staticInstall gpgv-static Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gpgv-static using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gpgv-staticInstall gpgv-static 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 gpgv-static using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gpgv-staticHow To Uninstall gpgv-static on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gpgv-static package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gpgv-staticUninstall gpgv-static And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gpgv-static and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpgv-staticRemove gpgv-static Configurations and Data
To remove gpgv-static configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gpgv-staticRemove gpgv-static configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gpgv-static configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpgv-staticDependencies
gpgv-static have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgv-static package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
