How To Install rpki-trust-anchors on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpki-trust-anchors on Kali Linux.

What is rpki-trust-anchors

rpki-trust-anchors is:

This package contains the RPKI Trust Anchor Locators (TALs), i.e. data which allows software to download and verify the certificates published by the Regional Routing Registries for the purpose of verifying Route Origin Authorisation certificates (ROAs).

There are three methods to install rpki-trust-anchors 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 rpki-trust-anchors Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rpki-trust-anchors

Install rpki-trust-anchors Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rpki-trust-anchors using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rpki-trust-anchors

Install rpki-trust-anchors 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 rpki-trust-anchors using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rpki-trust-anchors

How To Uninstall rpki-trust-anchors on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rpki-trust-anchors package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rpki-trust-anchors

Uninstall rpki-trust-anchors And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rpki-trust-anchors

Remove rpki-trust-anchors Configurations and Data

To remove rpki-trust-anchors configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rpki-trust-anchors

Remove rpki-trust-anchors configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rpki-trust-anchors configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rpki-trust-anchors

Dependencies

rpki-trust-anchors have the following dependencies:

• debconf

References

• rpki-trust-anchors website

Summary

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