How To Install flatpak-builder on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak-builder on Kali Linux.

What is flatpak-builder

flatpak-builder is:

Flatpak installs, manages and runs sandboxed desktop application bundles. See the flatpak package for a more comprehensive description.

flatpak-builder is a tool that makes it easy to build applications and their dependencies by automating the configure && make && make install steps.

There are three methods to install flatpak-builder 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 flatpak-builder Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install flatpak-builder

Install flatpak-builder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install flatpak-builder

Install flatpak-builder 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 flatpak-builder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flatpak-builder

How To Uninstall flatpak-builder on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the flatpak-builder package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove flatpak-builder

Uninstall flatpak-builder And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flatpak-builder

Remove flatpak-builder Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge flatpak-builder

Remove flatpak-builder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flatpak-builder

Dependencies

flatpak-builder have the following dependencies:

• gir1.2-flatpak-1.0
• flatpak
• ostree
• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libelf1
• libglib2.0-0
• libjson-glib-1.0-0
• libostree-1-1
• libsoup2.4-1
• libxml2
• libyaml-0-2

References

• flatpak-builder website

Summary

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