How To Install aptly-api on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aptly-api on Kali Linux.
What is aptly-api
It offers several features making it easy to manage Debian package repositories:
- make mirrors of remote Debian/Ubuntu repositories, limiting by components/architectures
- take snapshots of mirrors at any point in time, fixing state of repository at some moment of time
- publish snapshot as Debian repository, ready to be consumed by apt
- controlled update of one or more packages in snapshot from upstream mirror, tracking dependencies
- merge two or more snapshots into one
This package contains the aptly-api service.
There are three ways to install aptly-api 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 aptly-api Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install aptly-api using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aptly-api
Install aptly-api Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aptly-api using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aptly-api
Install aptly-api Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 aptly-api using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aptly-api
How To Uninstall aptly-api on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the aptly-api package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aptly-api
Uninstall aptly-api And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aptly-api and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aptly-api
Remove aptly-api Configurations and Data
To remove aptly-api configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aptly-api
Remove aptly-api configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aptly-api configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aptly-api
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aptly-api using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.