How To Install sbuild on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is sbuild

sbuild is:

The sbuild suite of programs (buildd and sbuild) are used to build binary packages from source packages. sbuild does the actual package building.

sbuild uses chroots to build packages, which act as virtual, minimal operating system installations dedicated to package building. This means that a number of environments may be used for building simultaneously on the same machines, for example stable, testing, unstable and experimental. When coupled with schroot to create snapshots of chroots, sbuild may be used to build many packages in parallel. A chroot environment allows packages to be built in a controlled, clean environment. sbuild installs only essential and build-essential packages, plus those in the package build dependencies.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sbuild

Install sbuild Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sbuild

Install sbuild 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 sbuild using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sbuild

How To Uninstall sbuild on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sbuild

Uninstall sbuild And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sbuild

Remove sbuild Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sbuild

Remove sbuild configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sbuild

Dependencies

sbuild have the following dependencies:

• adduser
• libsbuild-perl
• perl

References

• sbuild website

Summary

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