How To Install yubikey-personalization on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yubikey-personalization on Kali Linux.
What is yubikey-personalization
yubikey-personalization is:
YubiKeys are USB tokens that act like keyboards and generate one-time or static passwords.
This is a tool to customize the tokens with your own cryptographic key, user id and so on.
There are three methods to install yubikey-personalization 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 yubikey-personalization Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install yubikey-personalization using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yubikey-personalizationInstall yubikey-personalization Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install yubikey-personalization using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yubikey-personalizationInstall yubikey-personalization 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install yubikey-personalization using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yubikey-personalizationHow To Uninstall yubikey-personalization on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the yubikey-personalization package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yubikey-personalizationUninstall yubikey-personalization And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yubikey-personalization and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yubikey-personalizationRemove yubikey-personalization Configurations and Data
To remove yubikey-personalization configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yubikey-personalizationRemove yubikey-personalization configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yubikey-personalization configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yubikey-personalizationDependencies
yubikey-personalization have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yubikey-personalization package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.