How To Install ratt on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ratt on Kali Linux.

What is ratt

ratt is:

ratt (??Rebuild All The Things!??) operates on a Debian .changes file of a just-built package, identifies all reverse-build-dependencies and rebuilds them with the .debs from the .changes file.

The intended use-case is, for example, to package a new snapshot of a Go library and verify that the new version does not break any other Go libraries/binaries.

There are three methods to install ratt 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 ratt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ratt

Install ratt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ratt using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ratt

Install ratt 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 ratt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ratt

How To Uninstall ratt on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ratt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ratt

Uninstall ratt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ratt

Remove ratt Configurations and Data

To remove ratt configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ratt

Remove ratt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ratt

Dependencies

ratt have the following dependencies:

• sbuild
• libc6

References

• ratt website

Summary

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