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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "apt-utils" package

Please follow the instructions below to install apt-utils on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall apt-utils on Kali Linux:


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

Package: apt-utils
Source: apt
Version: 2.7.10+kali1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 1063
Depends: apt (= 2.7.10+kali1), libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 2.7.10+kali1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3, libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1)
Priority: required
Section: admin
Filename: pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_2.7.10+kali1_amd64.deb
Size: 317736
SHA256: b5293077ed229ee1f14965d86c72eaf0c00f39bff87ab55e2c8d9173af591efe
SHA1: 6b95ebeeaa30abdcd05ec8db4c2a9893eb8a4ad1
MD5sum: 3bfd4bd4900de6fa5c13f2aec741830f
Description: package management related utility programs
This package contains some less used commandline utilities related
to package management with APT.
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* apt-extracttemplates is used by debconf to prompt for configuration
questions before installation.
* apt-ftparchive is used to create Packages and other index files
needed to publish an archive of Debian packages
* apt-sortpkgs is a Packages/Sources file normalizer.
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: APT Development Team