How To Install libcoap2-bin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoap2-bin on Kali Linux. libcoap2-bin is C-Implementation of CoAP - example binaries API version 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoap2-bin on Kali Linux.

What is libcoap2-bin

libcoap2-bin is:

The libcoap provides some example binary files to show the usage of a CoAP Server, CoAP Client and a Resource Directory implementation. These examples heavily rely on the libcoap as the core functionality is based there.

This package provides the following example binaries without DTLS functions:

  • coap-client A command-line client that allows you to interact with CoAP reasources.

  • coap-server Simple server that can provide CoAP resources for simple testing cases.

  • coap-rd This binary let you simulate various CoAP resources mostly for testing purpose.

This package providesthe following example binaries with DTLS functions:

  • coap-client-openssl A command-line client that allows you to interact with CoAP reasources based on TLS functions by OpenSSL.

  • coap-server-openssl Simple server that can provide CoAP resources for simple testing cases based on TLS functions by OpenSSL.

  • coap-rd-openssl This binary let you simulate various CoAP resources mostly for testing purpose based on TLS functions by OpenSSL.

You can use these files without any exception no matter as they named examples. Please see the respectives man pages for usage instructions.

There are three methods to install libcoap2-bin 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 libcoap2-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcoap2-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcoap2-bin

Install libcoap2-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcoap2-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcoap2-bin

Install libcoap2-bin 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 libcoap2-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcoap2-bin

How To Uninstall libcoap2-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcoap2-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcoap2-bin

Uninstall libcoap2-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcoap2-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcoap2-bin

Remove libcoap2-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libcoap2-bin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcoap2-bin

Remove libcoap2-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcoap2-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcoap2-bin

Dependencies

libcoap2-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcoap2-bin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.