How To Install libgfshare-bin on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libgfshare-bin

libgfshare-bin is:

This package contains the gfsplit and gfcombine binaries.

gfsplit can be used to split a secret file (like a GPG secret key) into multiple parts, so that at least some number of those parts are needed to recover the original file, but any smaller combination of parts is useless to an attacker. gfcombine is used to combine the parts created by gfsplit.

For instance, you might split a GPG key using a 3-of-5 share and put one share on each of three computers, and two shares on a USB memory stick; then you can use the GPG key on any of those three computers using the memory stick, but if the memory stick is lost, you can recover the key by bringing the three computers together.

There are three methods to install libgfshare-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 libgfshare-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 libgfshare-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgfshare-bin

Install libgfshare-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgfshare-bin

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgfshare-bin

How To Uninstall libgfshare-bin on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgfshare-bin

Uninstall libgfshare-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgfshare-bin

Remove libgfshare-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgfshare-bin

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgfshare-bin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgfshare2

References

• libgfshare-bin website

Summary

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