How To Install debsums on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install debsums on Kali Linux. debsums is tool for verification of installed package files against MD5 checksums

Introduction

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

What is debsums

debsums is:

debsums can verify the integrity of installed package files against MD5 checksums installed by the package, or generated from a .deb archive.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install debsums

Install debsums Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install debsums

Install debsums 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 debsums using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debsums

How To Uninstall debsums on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove debsums

Uninstall debsums And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debsums

Remove debsums Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge debsums

Remove debsums configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debsums

Dependencies

debsums have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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