How To Install pristine-lfs on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pristine-lfs on Kali Linux.
What is pristine-lfs
pristine-lfs is:
pristine-lfs can store pristine upstream tarballs in Git leveraging Git LFS. Instead of storing the potentially large tarballs within the Git repository as blobs, Git LFS only stores specially prepared metadata in the repository, while storing the actual file contents out of band on a Git LFS server.
Using pristine-lfs allows Debian packages to be built entirely using sources in version control, without the need to keep copies of upstream tarballs.
An optional upstream signature may be attached to tarballs for verification by, for example, dpkg-source(1).
There are three methods to install pristine-lfs 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 pristine-lfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pristine-lfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pristine-lfsInstall pristine-lfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pristine-lfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pristine-lfsInstall pristine-lfs 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 pristine-lfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pristine-lfsHow To Uninstall pristine-lfs on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pristine-lfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pristine-lfsUninstall pristine-lfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pristine-lfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pristine-lfsRemove pristine-lfs Configurations and Data
To remove pristine-lfs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pristine-lfsRemove pristine-lfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pristine-lfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pristine-lfsDependencies
pristine-lfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pristine-lfs package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
