How to Install and Uninstall cruft-ng Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "cruft-ng" package

This is a short guide on how to install cruft-ng on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cruft-ng" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall cruft-ng on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cruft-ng package on Kali Linux

Package: cruft-ng
Version: 0.9.61
Installed-Size: 761
Maintainer: Alexandre Detiste
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: cruft (<< 0.9.44~), cruft-common
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libmd0 (>= 0.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), plocate
Suggests: ncdu
Breaks: cruft (<< 0.9.44~), cruft-common
Size: 193628
SHA256: df1c365a31c0d5b2886908c17e75602df6590a05a6453ce0ace5ec03ab22b963
SHA1: 1352ac19456ba069a5bb39af849508a60c1fa85b
MD5sum: 23ddf86e117e901fbba3a7e5a80978b0
Description: programs that helps analyse volatile "cruft" files on your system
cruft-ng is a program to look over your system for anything that shouldn't
be there, but is - the so called "cruft"; or for anything
that should be there, but isn't.
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cpigs is a program that by default works like dpigs
but for volatile data. It prints out the package with the most volatile
data (usually apt, plocate...)
It can also dump it's whole state into a .csv format usable for
more in depth analysis.
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Both cruft-ng and cpigs base most of their results on
dpkg's & plocate's databases, and also use a built-in custom
homegrown ruleset to match volatile files
- also known as "ghost" files on .rpm based systemds -
to the corresponding engine.
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Packages wanting to document such volatile files can do so
using dh-cruft.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/a-detiste/cruft-ng/
Tag: admin::monitoring, admin::package-management, implemented-in::c++,
interface::commandline, role::program, use::searching
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cruft-ng/cruft-ng_0.9.61_amd64.deb