How To Install cross-config on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cross-config on Kali Linux.

What is cross-config

cross-config is:

This package contains configuration files describing available cross architecture settings for use by autotools along with support for cross-building using CMake and a small number of package-specific cross-building configuration support files.

This package will remain after the deprecated dpkg-cross binary and supporting perl module have been removed.

There are three methods to install cross-config 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 cross-config Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cross-config

Install cross-config Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cross-config

Install cross-config 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 cross-config using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cross-config

How To Uninstall cross-config on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cross-config package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cross-config

Uninstall cross-config And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cross-config

Remove cross-config Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cross-config

Remove cross-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cross-config

Dependencies

cross-config have the following dependencies:

References

• cross-config website

Summary

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