How to Install and Uninstall appstream-util Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "appstream-util" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install appstream-util on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                appstream-util
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "appstream-util" package

Learn how to uninstall appstream-util on Kali Linux:


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

Package: appstream-util
Source: appstream-glib
Version: 0.8.2-1
Installed-Size: 828
Maintainer: PkgUtopia Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: appdata-tools (<< 0.3.4)
Depends: libappstream-glib8 (>= 0.8.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.30.0)
Breaks: appdata-tools (<< 0.3.4)
Size: 141156
SHA256: 85b6f933aab0c9440431e7de18f0863c8b05bb0335239849ef54044dbfe96f0d
SHA1: 48b447cbd6f33e2fef4121ed636f4ca192b29406
MD5sum: 00b8372f404f29f8744bf036b6ff713d
Description: Utility to work with AppStream metadata
AppStream is a cross-distribution effort for creating and sharing
metadata about software components available in the package repositories
of a distribution.
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This package provides an utility to work with AppStream metadata, which uses
libappstream-glib.
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It also contains Autotools macros to easily integrate AppStream metadata into
an Autotools-based buildsystem, by running 'appstream-util' to validate the
files before installing them.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/hughsie/appstream-glib
Tag: uitoolkit::gtk
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/appstream-glib/appstream-util_0.8.2-1_amd64.deb