How To Install ecaccess on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ecaccess

ecaccess is:

ecaccess is a suite of client tools to enable access to the computing and data archive facilities of the European Centre for Medium-Range Forecasts (ECMWF).

Strict authentication is performed in a uniform way using SecurID cards and standard (X509) certificates. SSL is used to guarantee the integrity of the application data, the transferred jobs and the monitoring information.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ecaccess

Install ecaccess Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ecaccess

Install ecaccess 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 ecaccess using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ecaccess

How To Uninstall ecaccess on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ecaccess

Uninstall ecaccess And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecaccess

Remove ecaccess Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ecaccess

Remove ecaccess configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecaccess

Dependencies

ecaccess have the following dependencies:

• debhelper
• perl
• libclass-inspector-perl
• libgetopt-long-descriptive-perl
• libnet-http-perl
• perl-modules
• liburi-encode-perl
• libterm-readkey-perl
• libterm-readline-perl-perl
• libterm-progressbar-perl
• libterm-prompt-perl
• libnumber-bytes-human-perl
• libmime-base64-urlsafe-perl
• libcrypt-ssleay-perl
• libsoap-lite-perl
• libio-socket-inet6-perl
• libio-socket-ssl-perl

References

• ecaccess website

Summary

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