How To Install dpkg-cross on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpkg-cross on Kali Linux.

What is dpkg-cross

dpkg-cross is:

dpkg-cross is a tool for installing libraries and headers from packages which have not been converted for Multi-Arch to support cross compiling.

This package contains only the deprecated dpkg-cross binary. Future releases will drop the dpkg-cross and libdebian-dpkgcross-perl binary packages.

There are three methods to install dpkg-cross 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 dpkg-cross Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dpkg-cross

Install dpkg-cross Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dpkg-cross

Install dpkg-cross 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 dpkg-cross using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dpkg-cross

How To Uninstall dpkg-cross on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dpkg-cross package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dpkg-cross

Uninstall dpkg-cross And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpkg-cross

Remove dpkg-cross Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dpkg-cross

Remove dpkg-cross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpkg-cross

Dependencies

dpkg-cross have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• dpkg-cross website

Summary

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