How to Install and Uninstall paperkey Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "paperkey" package

This tutorial shows how to install paperkey on Kali Linux


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall paperkey on Kali Linux:


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

Package: paperkey
Version: 1.6-1
Installed-Size: 58
Maintainer: Peter Palfrader
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: gnupg
Enhances: gnupg
Size: 29676
SHA256: fe14ee2df22722b47e330467fe90741004370230f7ca29e4450d255ecab356d1
SHA1: 7b8b895e9d7e63e1c5c76e6dbb2b617a6a2c09da
MD5sum: f92b0eb87a490a35ec13c769b6afbe93
Description: extract just the secret information out of OpenPGP secret keys
A reasonable way to achieve a long term backup of OpenPGP (GnuPG, PGP,
etc) keys is to print them out on paper. The reasoning behind this is
that paper and ink has amazingly long retention qualities - far longer
than the magnetic or optical means that are generally used to back up
computer data.
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Due to metadata and redundancy, OpenPGP secret keys are significantly
larger than just the "secret bits". In fact, the secret key contains
a complete copy of the public key. Since the public key generally
doesn't need to be escrowed (most people have many copies of it on
various keyservers, web pages, etc), only extracting the secret parts
can be a real advantage.
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Paperkey extracts just those secret bytes and prints them. To
reconstruct, you re-enter those bytes (whether by hand or via OCR) and
paperkey can use them to transform your existing public key into a
secret key.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://www.jabberwocky.com/software/paperkey/
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::program, security::cryptography
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/paperkey/paperkey_1.6-1_amd64.deb