How To Install shc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is shc

shc is:

SHC is a generic shell script compiler. It takes a script, which is specified on the command line and produces C source code. The generated source code is then compiled and linked to produce a stripped binary.

The compiled binary will still be dependent on the shell specified in the first line of the shell code, thus shc does not create completely independent binaries.

shc itself is not a compiler such as cc, it rather encodes and encrypts a shell script and generates C source code with the added expiration capability. It then uses the system compiler to compile a stripped binary which behaves exactly like the original script. Upon execution, the compiled binary will decrypt and execute the code with the shells’ -c option.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install shc

Install shc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install shc

Install shc 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 shc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install shc

How To Uninstall shc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove shc

Uninstall shc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove shc

Remove shc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge shc

Remove shc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shc

Dependencies

shc have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• shc website

Summary

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