How To Install signtos on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install signtos on Kali Linux. signtos is Android signing tool for signing Trusty images

Introduction

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

What is signtos

signtos is:

Signs ARM Trusty images for use with operating systems that support it. Trusty is a set of software components supporting a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) on mobile devices. The key must be stored in PKCS8 format.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install signtos

Install signtos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install signtos

Install signtos 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 signtos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install signtos

How To Uninstall signtos on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove signtos

Uninstall signtos And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove signtos

Remove signtos Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge signtos

Remove signtos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge signtos

Dependencies

signtos have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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