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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "apt-venv" package

This is a short guide on how to install apt-venv on Kali Linux


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

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


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

Package: apt-venv
Version: 1.0.0-5
Installed-Size: 88
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: python3-xdg, python3:any
Size: 39172
SHA256: 4080f5e81480161b8fb871c2b3581fd43551a5a87e0e51aadd6bacf8b357ec4e
SHA1: 324095bfcbc8e9d9ed26caf8a81de8c4d0ade557
MD5sum: a6c1ac5252e79266f8453b818e078d51
Description: apt virtual environment
apt-venv creates a sort of virtual environment in the user
home directory, forcing apt to run under some custom option.
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A simple use case is collect information about packages
in different Debian and Ubuntu releases without surfing the web,
just calling apt-cache through the virtual environment.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/LeoIannacone/apt-venv
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/apt-venv/apt-venv_1.0.0-5_all.deb