How to Install and Uninstall canlock Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "canlock" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install canlock on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                canlock
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "canlock" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall canlock on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                canlock
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the canlock package on Kali Linux

Package: canlock
Source: canlock (3.3.0-1)
Version: 3.3.0-1+b1
Installed-Size: 96
Maintainer: Florian Schlichting
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcanlock3 (>= 3.3.0)
Size: 30992
SHA256: a3b384bbedb6b0880b3a9484f77c82799ff64e0e5ba20473b37d0cf5ce35f895
SHA1: cc0fd7143cc14427dacc766ac88f58aa1391f742
MD5sum: 3bcabf46bb22469e0af7b946be2a3dc9
Description: utilities for creating and verifying Usenet cancel locks
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.
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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.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://micha.freeshell.org/libcanlock/
Section: news
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/canlock/canlock_3.3.0-1+b1_amd64.deb