How To Install dh-cmake on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-cmake on Kali Linux.

What is dh-cmake

dh-cmake is:

dh-cmake provides a set of Debhelper utilities for building packages that use advanced features of the CMake buildsystem, such as component installation, CTest dashboard testing, and CPack dependency metadata.

There are three methods to install dh-cmake 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 dh-cmake Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-cmake

Install dh-cmake Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dh-cmake

Install dh-cmake 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 dh-cmake using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dh-cmake

How To Uninstall dh-cmake on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dh-cmake package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dh-cmake

Uninstall dh-cmake And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-cmake

Remove dh-cmake Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-cmake

Remove dh-cmake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-cmake

Dependencies

dh-cmake have the following dependencies:

• python3-debian
• python3

References

• dh-cmake website

Summary

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