How To Install gtkhash on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gtkhash

gtkhash is:

GtkHash is a small GTK+ utility which allows users to compute message digests or checksums using the mhash library. Currently supported hash functions include MD5, MD6, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, RIPEMD, TIGER and WHIRLPOOL.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gtkhash

Install gtkhash Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gtkhash

Install gtkhash 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 gtkhash using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gtkhash

How To Uninstall gtkhash on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gtkhash

Uninstall gtkhash And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtkhash

Remove gtkhash Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gtkhash

Remove gtkhash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtkhash

Dependencies

gtkhash have the following dependencies:

• libb2-1
• libc6
• libgcrypt20
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libnettle8
• zlib1g

References

• gtkhash website

Summary

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