How To Install pskctool on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pskctool on Kali Linux. pskctool is OATH Toolkit pskctool command line tool

Introduction

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

What is pskctool

pskctool is:

OATH Toolkit provide components to build one-time password authentication systems. It contains shared C libraries, command line tools and a PAM module. Supported technologies include the event-based HOTP algorithm (RFC 4226), the time-based TOTP algorithm (RFC 6238), and Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC, RFC 6030) to manage secret key data. OATH stands for Open AuTHentication, which is the organization that specify the algorithms.

This package contains the OATH Toolkit “pskctool” command line tool.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pskctool

Install pskctool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pskctool

Install pskctool 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 pskctool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pskctool

How To Uninstall pskctool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pskctool

Uninstall pskctool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pskctool

Remove pskctool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pskctool

Remove pskctool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pskctool

Dependencies

pskctool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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