How To Install libvalidate-yubikey-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvalidate-yubikey-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libvalidate-yubikey-perl

libvalidate-yubikey-perl is:

The Yubikey is a hardware OTP token produced by Yubico (http://www.yubico.com).

Validate::Yubikey provides validation of Yubikey OTPs. It relies on you to specify callback functions that handle retrieving token information from somewhere and updating the persistent information associated with each token.

There are three methods to install libvalidate-yubikey-perl 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 libvalidate-yubikey-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libvalidate-yubikey-perl

Install libvalidate-yubikey-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvalidate-yubikey-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvalidate-yubikey-perl

Install libvalidate-yubikey-perl 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 libvalidate-yubikey-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvalidate-yubikey-perl

How To Uninstall libvalidate-yubikey-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libvalidate-yubikey-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvalidate-yubikey-perl

Uninstall libvalidate-yubikey-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvalidate-yubikey-perl

Remove libvalidate-yubikey-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libvalidate-yubikey-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvalidate-yubikey-perl

Remove libvalidate-yubikey-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvalidate-yubikey-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvalidate-yubikey-perl

Dependencies

libvalidate-yubikey-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libcrypt-rijndael-perl

References

• libvalidate-yubikey-perl website

Summary

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