How To Install php-seclib on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-seclib on Kali Linux. php-seclib is implementations of an arbitrary-precision integer arithmetic library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-seclib on Kali Linux.

What is php-seclib

php-seclib is:

The PHP Secure Communications Library are fully PKCS#1 (v2.1) compliant RSA, DES, 3DES, RC4, Rijndael, AES, Blowfish, Twofish, SSH-1, SSH-2, SFTP, and X.509 implementations.

There are three methods to install php-seclib 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 php-seclib Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install php-seclib

Install php-seclib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-seclib

Install php-seclib 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 php-seclib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-seclib

How To Uninstall php-seclib on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the php-seclib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-seclib

Uninstall php-seclib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-seclib

Remove php-seclib Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge php-seclib

Remove php-seclib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-seclib

Dependencies

php-seclib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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