How To Install sqop on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqop on Kali Linux. sqop is Stateless OpenPGP Command Line Interface using Sequoia

Introduction

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

What is sqop

sqop is:

sqop offers a Rust-based implementation of the Stateless OpenPGP Command Line Interface.

This standards-derived interface is an implementation of https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-dkg-openpgp-stateless-cli/, intended to be used in interoperability tests and simple OpenPGP commands, while leaving no trace in the filesystem.

This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “sequoia-sop”:

  • sqop

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sqop

Install sqop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sqop

Install sqop 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 sqop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sqop

How To Uninstall sqop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sqop

Uninstall sqop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sqop

Remove sqop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sqop

Remove sqop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sqop

Dependencies

sqop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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