How To Install libeac-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeac-dev on Kali Linux. libeac-dev is cryptographic library for EAC version 2 (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeac-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libeac-dev

libeac-dev is:

OpenPACE implements Extended Access Control (EAC) version 2 as specified in BSI TR-03110. OpenPACE comprises support for the following protocols:

  • Password Authenticated Connection Establishment (PACE)
  • Terminal Authentication (TA)
  • Chip Authentication (CA)

OpenPACE also supports Card Verifiable Certificates (CV Certificates) and signing requests as well as easy to use wrappers for using the established secure channels.

OpenPACE supports all variants of PACE (DH/ECDH, GM/IM), TA (RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5/RSASSA-PSS/ECDSA), CA (DH/ECDH) and all standardised domain parameters (GFP/ECP).

This package provides the development files.

There are three methods to install libeac-dev 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 libeac-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libeac-dev

Install libeac-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libeac-dev

Install libeac-dev 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 libeac-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libeac-dev

How To Uninstall libeac-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libeac-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libeac-dev

Uninstall libeac-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeac-dev

Remove libeac-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libeac-dev

Remove libeac-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeac-dev

Dependencies

libeac-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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