How To Install liboath0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboath0 on Kali Linux. liboath0 is OATH Toolkit Liboath library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboath0 on Kali Linux.

What is liboath0

liboath0 is:

OATH Toolkit provide components to build one-time password authentication systems. It contains shared C libraries, command line tools and a PAM module. Supported technologies include the event-based HOTP algorithm (RFC 4226), the time-based TOTP algorithm (RFC 6238), and Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC, RFC 6030) to manage secret key data. OATH stands for Open AuTHentication, which is the organization that specify the algorithms.

This package includes the Liboath shared library that is used by applications. You normally don’t need to install it manually.

There are three methods to install liboath0 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 liboath0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liboath0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liboath0

Install liboath0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liboath0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liboath0

Install liboath0 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 liboath0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liboath0

How To Uninstall liboath0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liboath0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liboath0

Uninstall liboath0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liboath0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboath0

Remove liboath0 Configurations and Data

To remove liboath0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liboath0

Remove liboath0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liboath0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboath0

Dependencies

liboath0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboath0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.