How To Install osslsigncode on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is osslsigncode

osslsigncode is:

osslsigncode is an Authenticode signing tool for PE binaries (Windows executables, DLLs, drivers…), CAB archives and MSI installation packages. It also supports timestamping using Authenticode and RFC-3161.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install osslsigncode

Install osslsigncode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install osslsigncode

Install osslsigncode 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 osslsigncode using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osslsigncode

How To Uninstall osslsigncode on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove osslsigncode

Uninstall osslsigncode And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osslsigncode

Remove osslsigncode Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge osslsigncode

Remove osslsigncode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osslsigncode

Dependencies

osslsigncode have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libglib2.0-0
• libgsf-1-114
• libssl1.1

References

• osslsigncode website

Summary

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