How To Install yhsm-generate-keys on Kali Linux

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install yhsm-tools

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is yhsm-generate-keys and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Kali Linux. This guide was written specifically with a server running Kali Linux in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install yhsm-generate-keys on Kali Linux. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install yhsm-generate-keys using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install yhsm-generate-keys using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yhsm-tools

Install yhsm-generate-keys using apt

Because yhsm-generate-keys is available in Kali Linux’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install yhsm-generate-keys using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yhsm-tools

Install yhsm-generate-keys using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 aptitude database, You can install yhsm-generate-keys by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yhsm-tools

How to upgrade (update) a single package yhsm-generate-keys using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the yhsm-generate-keys, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install yhsm-tools

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install yhsm-tools

How To Uninstall yhsm-generate-keys from Kali Linux

To uninstall only the yhsm-generate-keys package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yhsm-tools

Uninstall yhsm-generate-keys and all its dependencies

To uninstall yhsm-generate-keys and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yhsm-tools

Remove yhsm-generate-keys with all configurations and data

To remove yhsm-generate-keys configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yhsm-tools

Remove yhsm-generate-keys completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to yhsm-generate-keys package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yhsm-tools

Extra info and code examples

YubiHSM is an easy to use and affordable crypto appliance that you connect to the USB port of a server. You can then store cryptographic keys on the YubiHSM and use them from the server without any possibility for an attacker to extract the crypto keys from the YubiHSM. Supported operations include YubiKey OTP validation, AES ECB encrypt/decrypt/decrypt-compare, HMAC-SHA1 hashing (enabling OATH code validation), and Random number entropy generation. This package includes the following utilities that talk with the YubiHSM: * yhsm-keystore-unlock - Keystore unlock * yhsm-linux-add-entropy - Entropy seeder * yhsm-decrypt-aead - Decrypt AEADs * yhsm-generate-keys - Generate new AEADs

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install yhsm-generate-keys using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the yhsm-generate-keys from Kali Linux.

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