How To Install debfoster on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is debfoster

debfoster is:

debfoster is a wrapper program for apt and dpkg. When first run, it will ask you which of the installed packages you want to keep installed.

After that, it maintains a list of packages that you want to have installed on your system. It uses this list to detect packages that have been installed only because other packages depended on them. If one of these dependencies changes, debfoster will take notice, and ask if you want to remove the old package.

This helps you to maintain a clean Debian install, without old (mainly library) packages lying around that aren’t used any more.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install debfoster

Install debfoster Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install debfoster

Install debfoster 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 debfoster using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debfoster

How To Uninstall debfoster on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove debfoster

Uninstall debfoster And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debfoster

Remove debfoster Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge debfoster

Remove debfoster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debfoster

Dependencies

debfoster have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgc1

References

• debfoster website

Summary

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