How To Install libfido2-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfido2-doc on Kali Linux. libfido2-doc is library for generating and verifying FIDO 2.0 objects – documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfido2-doc on Kali Linux.

What is libfido2-doc

libfido2-doc is:

A library for communicating with a FIDO device over USB, and for verifying attestation and assertion signatures. FIDO U2F (CTAP 1) and FIDO 2.0 (CTAP 2) are supported.

This package contains the library’s documentation (manpages & HTML).

There are three methods to install libfido2-doc 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 libfido2-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfido2-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfido2-doc

Install libfido2-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfido2-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfido2-doc

Install libfido2-doc 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 libfido2-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfido2-doc

How To Uninstall libfido2-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfido2-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfido2-doc

Uninstall libfido2-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfido2-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfido2-doc

Remove libfido2-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libfido2-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfido2-doc

Remove libfido2-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfido2-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfido2-doc

Dependencies

libfido2-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfido2-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.