How to Install and Uninstall cosign Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "cosign" package

Please follow the steps below to install cosign on Kali Linux


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cosign
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "cosign" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall cosign on Kali Linux:


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cosign
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the cosign package on Kali Linux

Package: cosign
Version: 2.2.3-0kali1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 70800
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Homepage: https://github.com/sigstore/cosign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Filename: pool/main/c/cosign/cosign_2.2.3-0kali1_amd64.deb
Size: 16081824
SHA256: 90b7c311cf0975bee55978072b24c884cbe8f762d253976979c07cf09015574a
SHA1: 8be0d41f16ac5cc13b9c3f227f0ebb8e13653a99
MD5sum: fe4549784b691ef39b123ea0e96b7855
Description: Container Signing using Sigstore (program)
This package contains a tool to sign OCI containers (and other artifacts)
using Sigstore (https://sigstore.dev/)!
.
Cosign aims to make signatures **invisible infrastructure**.
.
Cosign supports:
.
* "Keyless signing" with the Sigstore public good Fulcio certificate
authority and Rekor transparency log (default)
* Hardware and KMS signing
* Signing with a cosign generated encrypted private/public keypair
* Container Signing, Verification and Storage in an OCI registry.
* Bring-your-own PKI
Description-md5: