How To Install nginx-confgen on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-confgen on Kali Linux.

What is nginx-confgen

nginx-confgen is:

This is a preprocessor and macro system for nginx(-like) configuration files. It can be used to do pre-processing for nginx configuration files (and other configuration files with a similar syntax). It has support for “compile-time” macro expansion and variable interpolation, which should make it less tedious to maintain large and complex configurations.

There are three methods to install nginx-confgen 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 nginx-confgen Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nginx-confgen

Install nginx-confgen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nginx-confgen

Install nginx-confgen 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 nginx-confgen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nginx-confgen

How To Uninstall nginx-confgen on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nginx-confgen package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nginx-confgen

Uninstall nginx-confgen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nginx-confgen

Remove nginx-confgen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nginx-confgen

Remove nginx-confgen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nginx-confgen

Dependencies

nginx-confgen have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• nginx-confgen website

Summary

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