How To Install debian-policy on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-policy
on Kali Linux.
What is debian-policy
debian-policy is:
This package contains: - Debian Policy Manual - Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) - Debian Menu sub-policy - Debian Perl sub-policy - Debian configuration management specification - Machine-readable debian/copyright specification - Autopkgtest - automatic as-installed package testing - Authoritative list of virtual package names - Policy checklist for upgrading your packages
There are three methods to install debian-policy
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 debian-policy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-policy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debian-policy
Install debian-policy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-policy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debian-policy
Install debian-policy 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 debian-policy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debian-policy
How To Uninstall debian-policy on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the debian-policy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debian-policy
Uninstall debian-policy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debian-policy
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debian-policy
Remove debian-policy Configurations and Data
To remove debian-policy
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debian-policy
Remove debian-policy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debian-policy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debian-policy
Dependencies
debian-policy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-policy
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.