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

Last updated: March 06,2025

1. Install "apt-src" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install apt-src on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall apt-src on Kali Linux:


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

Package: apt-src
Version: 0.25.3
Installed-Size: 75
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: all
Depends: libapt-pkg-perl (>= 0.1.6), dpkg-dev, apt, perl:any
Recommends: sudo, fakeroot, build-essential
Size: 32696
SHA256: 75e2bd3fc8a43d79f5df2d2d8951cda7e020c74414400ba063e012a6f7b1e59b
SHA1: aebab343c8042b07e8d5714e125e45ba7e40b5ba
MD5sum: 0981a4c6098f3cc1ef5da20b091eba2e
Description: manage Debian source packages
apt-src is a command line interface for downloading, installing, upgrading,
and tracking Debian source packages. It makes source package management
feel a lot like using apt to manage binary packages, and is being used as
a testbed to work on adding source dependencies to Debian.
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It can be run as a normal user, or as root. If you want a convenient way to
track updates to packages while preserving your local modifications, this is
a way to do that.
Description-md5:
Tag: admin::package-management, devel::debian, devel::packaging,
hardware::storage, hardware::storage:cd, interface::commandline,
protocol::ftp, protocol::http, protocol::ipv6, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian, use::downloading,
works-with::software:source
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/apt-src/apt-src_0.25.3_all.deb