How To Install otpclient-cli on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install otpclient-cli on Kali Linux. otpclient-cli is command-line for OTPClient

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install otpclient-cli on Kali Linux.

What is otpclient-cli

otpclient-cli is:

OTPClient-CLI is simplified version of OTPClient. Only two operations are supported:

  • list: this will print all pairs of account and issuer that are in the database.
  • show: this will show the OTP for a given account/issuer.

There are three methods to install otpclient-cli 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 otpclient-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install otpclient-cli

Install otpclient-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install otpclient-cli

Install otpclient-cli 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 otpclient-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install otpclient-cli

How To Uninstall otpclient-cli on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the otpclient-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove otpclient-cli

Uninstall otpclient-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove otpclient-cli

Remove otpclient-cli Configurations and Data

To remove otpclient-cli configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge otpclient-cli

Remove otpclient-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge otpclient-cli

Dependencies

otpclient-cli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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