How To Install apt-listbugs on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-listbugs on Kali Linux. apt-listbugs is tool which lists critical bugs before each APT installation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-listbugs on Kali Linux.

What is apt-listbugs

apt-listbugs is:

apt-listbugs is a tool which retrieves bug reports from the Debian Bug Tracking System and lists them. Especially, it is intended to be invoked before each installation/upgrade by APT in order to check whether the installation/upgrade is safe.

Many developers and users prefer the unstable version of Debian for its new features and packages. APT, the usual upgrade tool, can break your system by installing a buggy package.

apt-listbugs lists critical bug reports from the Debian Bug Tracking System. Run it from within the APT session, in order to see whether an installation or upgrade is known to be unsafe.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install apt-listbugs

Install apt-listbugs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apt-listbugs

Install apt-listbugs 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 apt-listbugs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apt-listbugs

How To Uninstall apt-listbugs on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the apt-listbugs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apt-listbugs

Uninstall apt-listbugs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-listbugs

Remove apt-listbugs Configurations and Data

To remove apt-listbugs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apt-listbugs

Remove apt-listbugs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-listbugs

Dependencies

apt-listbugs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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