How To Install debdelta on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debdelta on Kali Linux.
What is debdelta
debdelta is:
debdelta is a program suite designed to compute changes between Debian packages. These changes (deltas) are similar to the output of the “diff” program in that they may be used to store and transmit only the changes between Debian packages.
This suite contains ‘debdelta-upgrade’, that downloads deltas and use them to create all Debian packages needed for an ‘apt-get upgrade’. It may be used in a Debian/unstable host (to speed up download of new packages), or in a Debian/stable host (for security updates).
Similarly, when this package is installed, the ‘cupt’ package manager will use deltas to upgrade the host.
There are three methods to install debdelta 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 debdelta Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install debdelta using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debdeltaInstall debdelta Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install debdelta using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debdeltaInstall debdelta 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install debdelta using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debdeltaHow To Uninstall debdelta on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the debdelta package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debdeltaUninstall debdelta And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debdelta and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debdeltaRemove debdelta Configurations and Data
To remove debdelta configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debdeltaRemove debdelta configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debdelta configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debdeltaDependencies
debdelta have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debdelta package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.