How To Install libengine-pkcs11-openssl on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libengine-pkcs11-openssl
on Kali Linux.
What is libengine-pkcs11-openssl
libengine-pkcs11-openssl is:
With this engine for OpenSSL you can use OpenSSL library and command line tools with any PKCS#11 implementation as backend for the crypto operations.
Engine_pkcs11 was developed for smart cards, and mostly for the OpenSC PKCS#11 module, but it should work fine with any PKCS#11 implementation.
Engine_pkcs11 is a spin off from OpenSC and replaced libopensc-openssl.
There are three methods to install libengine-pkcs11-openssl
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 libengine-pkcs11-openssl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libengine-pkcs11-openssl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libengine-pkcs11-openssl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libengine-pkcs11-openssl
using apt
by running the following command:
Install libengine-pkcs11-openssl 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.
After updating apt database, We can install libengine-pkcs11-openssl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libengine-pkcs11-openssl on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libengine-pkcs11-openssl
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall libengine-pkcs11-openssl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libengine-pkcs11-openssl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl Configurations and Data
To remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libengine-pkcs11-openssl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
libengine-pkcs11-openssl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libengine-pkcs11-openssl
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.