How To Install apt-src on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is apt-src

apt-src is:

apt-src is a command line interface for downloading, installing, upgrading, and tracking Debian source packages. It makes source package management feel a lot like using apt to manage binary packages, and is being used as a testbed to work on adding source dependencies to Debian.

It can be run as a normal user, or as root. If you want a convenient way to track updates to packages while preserving your local modifications, this is a way to do that.

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

sudo apt-get -y install apt-src

Install apt-src Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apt-src

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

sudo aptitude -y install apt-src

How To Uninstall apt-src on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove apt-src

Uninstall apt-src And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-src

Remove apt-src Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge apt-src

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-src

Dependencies

apt-src have the following dependencies:

• libapt-pkg-perl
• dpkg-dev
• apt
• perl

References

• apt-src website

Summary

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