How To Install canlock on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is canlock

canlock is:

Cancel locks are used by Usenet article posters to authenticate their authorship of an article. It may then by used by servers to prevent cancel and supersede abuse. The use of this feature remains the newsmaster’s decision.

This package contains a simple utility wrapping the canlock library, which may be used for both the generation and the verification of cancel locks, along with a message header parser and a header field parser.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install canlock

Install canlock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install canlock

Install canlock 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 canlock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install canlock

How To Uninstall canlock on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove canlock

Uninstall canlock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove canlock

Remove canlock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge canlock

Remove canlock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge canlock

Dependencies

canlock have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcanlock3

References

• canlock website

Summary

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