How to Install and Uninstall cowbuilder Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "cowbuilder" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install cowbuilder on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall cowbuilder 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 cowbuilder package on Kali Linux

Package: cowbuilder
Source: cowdancer
Version: 0.89
Installed-Size: 83
Maintainer: Debian pbuilder maintenance team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: cowdancer (<= 0.49)
Depends: cowdancer, pbuilder, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Size: 32152
SHA256: a6e09737a1f8741bb03d1d93d92ae7d8ffb0e1e331c8f594ea361fb52540387c
SHA1: 3cf4f0b33548b3466f934582729c13bc3d7f2f01
MD5sum: 33375bee54bef8416b4950b390b8a231
Description: pbuilder running on cowdancer
'cowbuilder' command is a wrapper for pbuilder which allows using
pbuilder-like interface over cowdancer environment.
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pbuilder is a tool for building and testing Debian package inside a clean
chroot, and cowbuilder allows chroot to be recreated using
hard-linked copies with copy-on-write, which makes creation and
destruction of chroots fast.
Description-md5:
Tag: admin::package-management, devel::buildtools, devel::debian,
devel::packaging, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian, uitoolkit::ncurses,
works-with::software:package, works-with::software:source
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cowdancer/cowbuilder_0.89_amd64.deb