How To Install dh-linktree on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dh-linktree

dh-linktree is:

Many developers bundle PHP or JavaScript libraries in the software that they provide. The Debian packager must then replace those “embedded copies” with symlinks to the packaged copy of those files. This operation is not without risks. A version mismatch can be the source of bugs that are hard to track.

dh_linktree is a tool that can assist you in this task. It can either unconditionally install a symlink tree of a given directory at the place of your choice, or it can only replace existing files with symlinks, or it can only replace existing identical files with symlinks.

There are three methods to install dh-linktree 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-linktree 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-linktree using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dh-linktree

Install dh-linktree Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dh-linktree

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

sudo aptitude -y install dh-linktree

How To Uninstall dh-linktree on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dh-linktree

Uninstall dh-linktree And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-linktree

Remove dh-linktree Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-linktree

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

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

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

Dependencies

dh-linktree have the following dependencies:

• debhelper
• libdpkg-perl
• perl

References

• dh-linktree website

Summary

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