How To Install cdebootstrap on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cdebootstrap

cdebootstrap is:

cdebootstrap generates systems from scratch for Debian and derivates.

This is implementation is different from debootstrap. It features a different package selection. The package selection is done according to the flavour.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cdebootstrap

Install cdebootstrap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cdebootstrap

Install cdebootstrap 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 cdebootstrap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cdebootstrap

How To Uninstall cdebootstrap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cdebootstrap

Uninstall cdebootstrap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cdebootstrap

Remove cdebootstrap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cdebootstrap

Remove cdebootstrap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cdebootstrap

Dependencies

cdebootstrap have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libdebian-installer-extra4
• libdebian-installer4
• liblzma5
• zlib1g

References

• cdebootstrap website

Summary

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