How to Install and Uninstall apt-listbugs Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "apt-listbugs" package

This tutorial shows how to install apt-listbugs on Kali Linux


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall apt-listbugs on Kali Linux:


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

Package: apt-listbugs
Version: 0.1.41
Installed-Size: 477
Maintainer: Francesco Poli (wintermute)
Architecture: all
Depends: ruby:any, ruby-debian, apt, ruby-gettext, ruby-xmlparser, ruby-soap4r, ruby-unicode
Recommends: ruby-httpclient
Suggests: reportbug, w3m | www-browser, sensible-utils, xdg-utils
Breaks: libapt-pkg4.12 (<< 0.9.11)
Size: 84160
SHA256: a93d391296ab8d272cb53b0ca104f0faf298baeb78271c099975bad8bf13c788
SHA1: 515bea0d8d0226c421c5a002b80807d5e8e10b93
MD5sum: eb42c1c4307bdda53818420a986c98bb
Description: tool which lists critical bugs before each APT installation
apt-listbugs is a tool which retrieves bug reports from the Debian Bug
Tracking System and lists them. Especially, it is intended to be invoked
before each installation/upgrade by APT in order to check whether the
installation/upgrade is safe.
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Many developers and users prefer the unstable version of Debian for its new
features and packages. APT, the usual upgrade tool, can break your system by
installing a buggy package.
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apt-listbugs lists critical bug reports from the Debian Bug Tracking System.
Run it from within the APT session, in order to see whether an installation
or upgrade is known to be unsafe.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://salsa.debian.org/frx-guest/apt-listbugs
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/apt-listbugs/apt-listbugs_0.1.41_all.deb