How To Install adequate on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is adequate

adequate is:

adequate checks packages installed on the system and reports bugs and policy violations.

The following checks are currently implemented:

• broken symlinks;
• missing copyright file;
• obsolete conffiles;
• Python modules not byte-compiled;
• missing libraries, undefined symbols, symbol size mismatches;
• license conflicts;
• program name collisions;
• missing alternatives;
• missing binfmt interpreters and detectors;
• missing pkg-config dependencies.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install adequate

Install adequate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install adequate

Install adequate 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 adequate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install adequate

How To Uninstall adequate on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove adequate

Uninstall adequate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove adequate

Remove adequate Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge adequate

Remove adequate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge adequate

Dependencies

adequate have the following dependencies:

• debconf
• perl

References

• adequate website

Summary

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