How To Install cvs-buildpackage on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cvs-buildpackage on Kali Linux.
What is cvs-buildpackage
This package provides the capability to inject or import Debian source packages into a CVS repository, build a Debian package from the CVS repository, and helps in integrating upstream changes into the repository.
The import or inject process takes a dsc (Debian source control) file, and imports it into CVS. The module path can maintains distribution and section information; for example, one may inject hemm/hemm/devel/make into the repository.
The build process works analogously to dpkg-buildpackage, and can be used from within the checked out source tree, or with additional information, can be used from anywhere. In the latter case, you can build any previous version of the package, as long as the corresponding orig.tar.gz file is still around. The build script checks out the relevant version from the CVS repository, and runs dpkg-buildpackage to create the Debian package.
Combined, these utilities provide an infrastructure to facilitate the use of CVS by Debian maintainers. This allows one to keep separate CVS branches of a package for stable, unstable, and possibly experimental distributions, along with the other benefits of a version control system.
This can be used to generate a unified CVS source tree, for example.
There are three ways to install cvs-buildpackage 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 cvs-buildpackage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cvs-buildpackage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cvs-buildpackage
Install cvs-buildpackage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cvs-buildpackage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cvs-buildpackage
Install cvs-buildpackage 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 cvs-buildpackage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cvs-buildpackage
How To Uninstall cvs-buildpackage on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cvs-buildpackage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cvs-buildpackage
Uninstall cvs-buildpackage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cvs-buildpackage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cvs-buildpackage
Remove cvs-buildpackage Configurations and Data
To remove cvs-buildpackage configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cvs-buildpackage
Remove cvs-buildpackage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cvs-buildpackage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cvs-buildpackage
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cvs-buildpackage using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.