How To Install debian-goodies on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-goodies on Kali Linux. debian-goodies is Small toolbox-style utilities for Debian systems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-goodies on Kali Linux.

What is debian-goodies

debian-goodies is:

These programs are designed to integrate with standard shell tools, extending them to operate on the Debian packaging system.

dglob - Generate a list of package names which match a pattern [dctrl-tools, apt*, apt-file*, perl*] dgrep - Search all files in specified packages for a regex [dctrl-tools, apt-file (both via dglob)]

These are also included, because they are useful and don’t justify their own packages:

check-enhancements - find packages which enhance installed packages [apt, dctrl-tools] checkrestart - Help to find and restart processes which are using old versions of upgraded files (such as libraries) [python3, procps, lsof*] debget - Fetch a .deb for a package in APT’s database [apt] debman - Easily view man pages from a binary .deb without extracting [man, apt* (via debget)] debmany - Select manpages of installed or uninstalled packages [man | sensible-utils, whiptail | dialog | zenity, apt*, konqueror*, xdg-utils*] dhomepage - Open homepage of a package in a web browser [dctrl-tools, sensible-utils*, www-browser* | x-www-browser*] dman - Fetch manpages from online manpages.debian.org service [curl, man, lsb-release*] dpigs - Show which installed packages occupy the most space [dctrl-tools] find-dbgsym-packages - Get list of dbgsym packages from core dump or PID. [dctrl-tools, elfutils, libfile-which-perl, libipc-system-simple-perl, libfile-slurper-perl] Usage of the –ssh option requires openssh-client. Usage of the –deb option requires equivs. popbugs - Display a customized release-critical bug list based on packages you use (using popularity-contest data) [python3, popularity-contest] which-pkg-broke - find which package might have broken another [python3, apt] which-pkg-broke-build - find which package might have broken the build of another [python3 (via which-pkg-broke), apt]

Package name in brackets denote (non-essential) dependencies of the scripts. Packages names with an asterisk ("*") denote optional dependencies, all other are hard dependencies.

Hard dependencies of single tools are listed in the Recommends field of the package and optional dependencies of single tools in the Suggests field – as common with many “collection” style Debian packages.

There are three methods to install debian-goodies 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 debian-goodies Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install debian-goodies

Install debian-goodies Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install debian-goodies

Install debian-goodies 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 debian-goodies using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debian-goodies

How To Uninstall debian-goodies on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the debian-goodies package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove debian-goodies

Uninstall debian-goodies And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debian-goodies

Remove debian-goodies Configurations and Data

To remove debian-goodies configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge debian-goodies

Remove debian-goodies configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debian-goodies

Dependencies

debian-goodies have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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