How To Install libscrypt-kdf1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscrypt-kdf1 on Kali Linux.

What is libscrypt-kdf1

libscrypt-kdf1 is:

A simple password-based encryption utility which demonstrates the scrypt key derivation function. On modern hardware and with default parameters, the cost of cracking the password on a file encrypted by scrypt enc is approximately 100 billion times more than the cost of cracking the same password on a file encrypted by openssl enc; this means that a five-character password using scrypt is stronger than a ten-character password using openssl.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libscrypt-kdf1 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 libscrypt-kdf1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libscrypt-kdf1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libscrypt-kdf1

Install libscrypt-kdf1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libscrypt-kdf1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libscrypt-kdf1

Install libscrypt-kdf1 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 libscrypt-kdf1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libscrypt-kdf1

How To Uninstall libscrypt-kdf1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libscrypt-kdf1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libscrypt-kdf1

Uninstall libscrypt-kdf1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libscrypt-kdf1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscrypt-kdf1

Remove libscrypt-kdf1 Configurations and Data

To remove libscrypt-kdf1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libscrypt-kdf1

Remove libscrypt-kdf1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libscrypt-kdf1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscrypt-kdf1

Dependencies

libscrypt-kdf1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libscrypt-kdf1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscrypt-kdf1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.