How To Install shatag on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install shatag on Kali Linux. shatag is tool to store file checksums in extended attributes, and work with them

Introduction

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

What is shatag

shatag is:

Shatag is a tool for computing and caching file checksums, and do remote duplicate detection. Files are compared on their SHA-256 hash to find duplicates, and will use filesystem extended attributes to cache the checksum values.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install shatag

Install shatag Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install shatag

Install shatag 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 shatag using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install shatag

How To Uninstall shatag on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove shatag

Uninstall shatag And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove shatag

Remove shatag Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge shatag

Remove shatag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shatag

Dependencies

shatag have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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