How To Install mercurial-buildpackage on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mercurial-buildpackage on Kali Linux.
What is mercurial-buildpackage
mercurial-buildpackage is:
This package helps to automate the task of maintaining Debian packages by using the distributed version-control system Mercurial. The programs included are:
mercurial-importdsc: Import an existing Debian source package into a Mercurial repository.
mercurial-importorig: Import new upstream tarballs.
mercurial-pristinetar: Recreate source tarballs from the Mercurial repository so they are identical to original upstream tarballs.
mercurial-buildpackage: Build a Debian package from the Mercurial repository, either in-place or using pbuilder.
mercurial-tagversion: Mark an uploaded Debian package for future reference.
There are three methods to install mercurial-buildpackage 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 mercurial-buildpackage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mercurial-buildpackage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mercurial-buildpackageInstall mercurial-buildpackage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mercurial-buildpackage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mercurial-buildpackageInstall mercurial-buildpackage 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mercurial-buildpackage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mercurial-buildpackageHow To Uninstall mercurial-buildpackage on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mercurial-buildpackage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mercurial-buildpackageUninstall mercurial-buildpackage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mercurial-buildpackage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mercurial-buildpackageRemove mercurial-buildpackage Configurations and Data
To remove mercurial-buildpackage configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mercurial-buildpackageRemove mercurial-buildpackage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mercurial-buildpackage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mercurial-buildpackageDependencies
mercurial-buildpackage have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mercurial-buildpackage package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
