How To Install namecheap on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is namecheap

namecheap is:

This package provides a command line tool which supports registering a domain, checking domain name availability, listing registered domains, getting contact information for a domain, setting DNS info to default values and setting DNS host records.

This package installs the CLI tool for Python 2.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install namecheap

Install namecheap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install namecheap

Install namecheap 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 namecheap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install namecheap

How To Uninstall namecheap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove namecheap

Uninstall namecheap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove namecheap

Remove namecheap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge namecheap

Remove namecheap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge namecheap

Dependencies

namecheap have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• namecheap website

Summary

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