How To Install dh-autoreconf on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-autoreconf on Kali Linux.

What is dh-autoreconf

dh-autoreconf is:

dh-autoreconf provides a debhelper sequence addon named ‘autoreconf’ and two commands, dh_autoreconf and dh_autoreconf_clean.

The dh_autoreconf command creates a list of the files and their checksums, calls autoreconf and then creates a second list for the new files.

The dh_autoreconf_clean command compares these two lists and removes all files which have been added or changed (files may be excluded if needed).

For CDBS users, a rule is provided to call the dh-autoreconf programs at the right time.

There are three methods to install dh-autoreconf 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 dh-autoreconf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-autoreconf

Install dh-autoreconf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dh-autoreconf

Install dh-autoreconf 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 dh-autoreconf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dh-autoreconf

How To Uninstall dh-autoreconf on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dh-autoreconf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dh-autoreconf

Uninstall dh-autoreconf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-autoreconf

Remove dh-autoreconf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-autoreconf

Remove dh-autoreconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-autoreconf

Dependencies

dh-autoreconf have the following dependencies:

• autoconf
• automake
• autopoint
• libdebhelper-perl
• libtool
• perl

References

• dh-autoreconf website

Summary

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