How To Install base58 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install base58 on Kali Linux.

What is base58

base58 is:

This package contains the base58 command, which can be used to encode, decode
or check, in a form compatible with that used by the bitcoin network.

There are three methods to install base58 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 base58 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install base58 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install base58

Install base58 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install base58 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install base58

Install base58 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 base58 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install base58

How To Uninstall base58 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the base58 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove base58

Uninstall base58 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall base58 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove base58

Remove base58 Configurations and Data

To remove base58 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge base58

Remove base58 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove base58 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge base58

Dependencies

base58 have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• base58 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install base58 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.