How To Install dpkg-repack on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpkg-repack on Kali Linux.

What is dpkg-repack

dpkg-repack is:

dpkg-repack creates a .deb file out of a package that has already been installed. If any changes have been made to the package while it was unpacked (i.e. files in /etc were modified), the new package will inherit the changes.

This utility can make it easy to copy packages from one computer to another, or to recreate packages that are installed on your system, but no longer available elsewhere, or to store the current state of a package before you upgrade it.

There are three methods to install dpkg-repack 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 dpkg-repack Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dpkg-repack

Install dpkg-repack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dpkg-repack

Install dpkg-repack 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 dpkg-repack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dpkg-repack

How To Uninstall dpkg-repack on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dpkg-repack package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dpkg-repack

Uninstall dpkg-repack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpkg-repack

Remove dpkg-repack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dpkg-repack

Remove dpkg-repack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpkg-repack

Dependencies

dpkg-repack have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• dpkg-repack website

Summary

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