How To Install lecm on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lecm on Kali Linux. lecm is Lets Encrypt Certificate Manager

Introduction

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

What is lecm

lecm is:

Let’s Encrypt Certificates Manager (lecm) is an utility that allows one to manage (generate and renew) Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates.

lecm can be placed in a cron to automatically renew lecm’s managed certificates according to a threshold; during the renewal operations lecm is also able to restart the web server.

lecm take a yaml style configuration (default to /etc/lecm.conf), parameter can be declared for all managed certificates or individually.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lecm

Install lecm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lecm

Install lecm 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 lecm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lecm

How To Uninstall lecm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lecm

Uninstall lecm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lecm

Remove lecm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lecm

Remove lecm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lecm

Dependencies

lecm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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