How To Install litecoind on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install litecoind on Kali Linux. litecoind is peer-to-peer network based digital currency - daemon

Introduction

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

What is litecoind

litecoind is:

Litecoin is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that is completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or trusted parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and transact directly with each other, with the help of a P2P network to check for double-spending. Litecoin is a fork of Bitcoin.

By default connects to an IRC network to discover other peers.

Full transaction history is stored locally at each client. This requires 5+ GB of space, slowly growing.

This package provides the daemon (litecoind), and the CLI tool to interact with the daemon.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install litecoind

Install litecoind Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install litecoind

Install litecoind 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 litecoind using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install litecoind

How To Uninstall litecoind on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove litecoind

Uninstall litecoind And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove litecoind

Remove litecoind Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge litecoind

Remove litecoind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge litecoind

Dependencies

litecoind have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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