How To Install ziptime on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ziptime

ziptime is:

ziptime normalizes the timestamps in the header of a Zip file. It was created as part of the Android SDK to help make reproducible builds of Android application (.apk) files. It replaces all timestamps in the Zip headers with a static time (Jan 1 2008). The extra fields are not changed, so you’ll need to use the -X option to zip so that it doesn’t create the ‘universal time’ extra.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ziptime

Install ziptime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ziptime

Install ziptime 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 ziptime using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ziptime

How To Uninstall ziptime on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ziptime

Uninstall ziptime And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ziptime

Remove ziptime Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ziptime

Remove ziptime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ziptime

Dependencies

ziptime have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• ziptime website

Summary

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