How To Install skopeo on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install skopeo on Kali Linux. skopeo is Tooling to work with remote images registries

Introduction

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

What is skopeo

skopeo is:

skopeo is a command line utility that performs various operations on container images and image repositories.

skopeo can work with OCI images (https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec) as well as the original Docker v2 images.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install skopeo

Install skopeo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install skopeo

Install skopeo 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 skopeo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install skopeo

How To Uninstall skopeo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove skopeo

Uninstall skopeo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove skopeo

Remove skopeo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge skopeo

Remove skopeo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skopeo

Dependencies

skopeo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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