How To Install qapt-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qapt-utils on Kali Linux.
What is qapt-utils
qapt-utils is:
QApt is a collection of tools and a library providing a wrapper around APT. The intention is to ease the use of APT in Qt-based programs.
This is a metapackage depending on all of QApt’s extra package management utilities.
There are three methods to install qapt-utils 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 qapt-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qapt-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qapt-utilsInstall qapt-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qapt-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qapt-utilsInstall qapt-utils 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 qapt-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qapt-utilsHow To Uninstall qapt-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qapt-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qapt-utilsUninstall qapt-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qapt-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qapt-utilsRemove qapt-utils Configurations and Data
To remove qapt-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qapt-utilsRemove qapt-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qapt-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qapt-utilsDependencies
qapt-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qapt-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.