How To Install libeac3 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeac3 on Kali Linux. libeac3 is cryptographic library for EAC version 2 (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeac3 on Kali Linux.

What is libeac3

libeac3 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 shared library.

There are three methods to install libeac3 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 libeac3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libeac3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libeac3

Install libeac3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libeac3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libeac3

Install libeac3 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 libeac3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libeac3

How To Uninstall libeac3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libeac3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libeac3

Uninstall libeac3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libeac3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeac3

Remove libeac3 Configurations and Data

To remove libeac3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libeac3

Remove libeac3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libeac3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeac3

Dependencies

libeac3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeac3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.