How To Install apt-show-source on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is apt-show-source

apt-show-source is:

This program parses the APT lists for source packages and the dpkg status file and then lists every package with a different version number than the one installed. It’s very useful if your deb-src sources.list entries point to unstable and your deb entries point to stable.

There are three methods to install apt-show-source 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-show-source 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-show-source using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install apt-show-source

Install apt-show-source Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apt-show-source

Install apt-show-source 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-show-source using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apt-show-source

How To Uninstall apt-show-source on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove apt-show-source

Uninstall apt-show-source And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-show-source

Remove apt-show-source Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge apt-show-source

Remove apt-show-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-show-source

Dependencies

apt-show-source have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• apt-show-source website

Summary

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