How To Install yang-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yang-tools on Kali Linux.

What is yang-tools

yang-tools is:

This is empty dependency package to pull the executable tools. It’s safe to remove.

There are three methods to install yang-tools 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 yang-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yang-tools

Install yang-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yang-tools

Install yang-tools 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 yang-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yang-tools

How To Uninstall yang-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the yang-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yang-tools

Uninstall yang-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yang-tools

Remove yang-tools Configurations and Data

To remove yang-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yang-tools

Remove yang-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yang-tools

Dependencies

yang-tools have the following dependencies:

• libyang-tools

References

• yang-tools website

Summary

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