How to Install and Uninstall apt Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "apt" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install apt on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "apt" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall apt 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 apt package on Kali Linux

Package: apt
Version: 2.7.10+kali1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 4312
Depends: base-passwd (>= 3.6.1) | adduser, gpgv, libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 2.7.10+kali1), debian-archive-keyring, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.8.1), libseccomp2 (>= 2.4.2), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), libsystemd0
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: apt-doc, aptitude | synaptic | wajig, dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.2), gnupg | gnupg2 | gnupg1, powermgmt-base
Conflicts: apt-verify
Breaks: apt-transport-https (<< 1.5~alpha4~), apt-utils (<< 1.3~exp2~), aptitude (<< 0.8.10)
Replaces: apt-transport-https (<< 1.5~alpha4~), apt-utils (<< 1.3~exp2~)
Provides: apt-transport-https (= 2.7.10+kali1)
Priority: required
Section: admin
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt_2.7.10+kali1_amd64.deb
Size: 1361420
SHA256: 986cb87b85746ec29218697c7eae22c54e77c5839fd6653e51e7ae7c6d3dd670
SHA1: 0a1064c3d0d8c46f70e43c09fff48d736762c74f
MD5sum: bac8821af0cc3fc49936b86dbeac03a9
Description: commandline package manager
This package provides commandline tools for searching and
managing as well as querying information about packages
as a low-level access to all features of the libapt-pkg library.
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These include:
* apt-get for retrieval of packages and information about them
from authenticated sources and for installation, upgrade and
removal of packages together with their dependencies
* apt-cache for querying available information about installed
as well as installable packages
* apt-cdrom to use removable media as a source for packages
* apt-config as an interface to the configuration settings
* apt-key as an interface to manage authentication keys
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team