How To Install nettle-bin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nettle-bin on Kali Linux. nettle-bin is low level cryptographic library (binary tools)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nettle-bin on Kali Linux.

What is nettle-bin

nettle-bin is:

Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in more or less any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages (C++, Python, Pike, …), in applications like LSH or GNUPG, or even in kernel space.

It tries to solve a problem of providing a common set of cryptographic algorithms for higher-level applications by implementing a context-independent set of cryptographic algorithms. In that light, Nettle doesn’t do any memory allocation or I/O, it simply provides the cryptographic algorithms for the application to use in any environment and in any way it needs.

This package contains binary utilities that accompany the library:

- nettle-lfib-stream - generates a pseudo-random stream, using the Knuth
  lfib (non-cryptographic) pseudo-random generator.
- sexp-conv - conversion tool for handling the different flavours of sexp
  syntax.
- pkcs1-conv - converts PKCS#1 keys to sexp format.
- nettle-hash - command-line tool to compute message digests such as SHA-1.

There are three methods to install nettle-bin 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 nettle-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nettle-bin

Install nettle-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nettle-bin

Install nettle-bin 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 nettle-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nettle-bin

How To Uninstall nettle-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nettle-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nettle-bin

Uninstall nettle-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nettle-bin

Remove nettle-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nettle-bin

Remove nettle-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nettle-bin

Dependencies

nettle-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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