How To Install jhbuild on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is jhbuild

jhbuild is:

Jhbuild is a program that can be used to pull a number of modules from Git, CVS, Subversion, Bazaar and other types of repositories or from tarballs and build them in the correct order. Unlike some build scripts, jhbuild lets you specify what modules you want built and it will then go and build those modules plus dependencies.

Although jhbuild was originally developed to build GNOME, it has since been extended to work with other projects as well. Extending it to handle new modules is usually trivial assuming the build infrastructure matches the other modules it handles.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jhbuild

Install jhbuild Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install jhbuild

Install jhbuild 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 jhbuild using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jhbuild

How To Uninstall jhbuild on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove jhbuild

Uninstall jhbuild And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jhbuild

Remove jhbuild Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge jhbuild

Remove jhbuild configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jhbuild

Dependencies

jhbuild have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• jhbuild website

Summary

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