How To Install debmirror on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is debmirror

debmirror is:

This program downloads and maintains a partial local Debian mirror. It can mirror any combination of architectures, distributions and sections. Files are transferred by ftp, http, hftp or rsync, and package pools are fully supported. It also does locking and updates trace files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install debmirror

Install debmirror Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install debmirror

Install debmirror 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 debmirror using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debmirror

How To Uninstall debmirror on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove debmirror

Uninstall debmirror And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debmirror

Remove debmirror Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge debmirror

Remove debmirror configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debmirror

Dependencies

debmirror have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libnet-perl
• libdigest-md5-perl
• libdigest-sha-perl
• liblockfile-simple-perl
• rsync
• bzip2
• libwww-perl
• perl
• xz-utils

References

• debmirror website

Summary

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