How To Install minica on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is minica

minica is:

This is a super micro binary to issue new CAs. This contains nearly nothing else, and does not support revocation, or anything really important. This is just for when you need keys and don’t intend to use them for anything big and important. Otherwise, issue things for real.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install minica

Install minica Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install minica

Install minica 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 minica using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install minica

How To Uninstall minica on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove minica

Uninstall minica And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove minica

Remove minica Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge minica

Remove minica configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minica

Dependencies

minica have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• minica website

Summary

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