How To Install donkey on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is donkey

donkey is:

Donkey is an alternative for S/KEY’s “key” command. This means that donkey is also an alternative for “keyinit”. Since the entry is printed to stdout (not to /etc/skeykeys), you can easily send it to a remote operator by e-mail (with a PGP signature or something). So, it is possible to initiate S/KEY without logging onto the console of the host.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install donkey

Install donkey Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install donkey

Install donkey 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 donkey using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install donkey

How To Uninstall donkey on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove donkey

Uninstall donkey And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove donkey

Remove donkey Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge donkey

Remove donkey configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge donkey

Dependencies

donkey have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libmd0

References

• donkey website

Summary

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