How To Install debmake-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install debmake-doc on Kali Linux. debmake-doc is Guide for Debian Maintainers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debmake-doc on Kali Linux.

What is debmake-doc

debmake-doc is:

This tutorial document describes the building of the Debian package to ordinary Debian users and prospective developers using the debmake command.

It is focused on the modern packaging style and comes with many simple examples.

  • POSIX shell script packaging
  • Python3 script packaging
  • C with Makefile/Autotools/CMake
  • multiple binary package with shared library etc.

This package can be considered as the successor to the maint-guide package.

There are three methods to install debmake-doc 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 debmake-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install debmake-doc

Install debmake-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install debmake-doc

Install debmake-doc 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 debmake-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debmake-doc

How To Uninstall debmake-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the debmake-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove debmake-doc

Uninstall debmake-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debmake-doc

Remove debmake-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge debmake-doc

Remove debmake-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debmake-doc

Dependencies

debmake-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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