How to Install and Uninstall dact Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "dact" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install dact on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dact on Kali Linux:


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

Package: dact
Version: 0.8.42-5
Installed-Size: 325
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), liblzo2-2, libmcrypt4, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Size: 66144
SHA256: 9652782b350aed01b33d233da438fe5581555142c4c4580126e4f25a60af7891
SHA1: b0a250729103558b30005fc8658a92a5be387b56
MD5sum: 07bcec6755dcfe9f32071539f4b91ccf
Description: multi-algorithm compression
DACT compresses each block within the file with all its known algorithms and
uses the block with the best compression ratio.
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DACT can encrypt the compressed data with one of two algorithms.
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Compression time for DACT is slow as each block is compressed multiple times.
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Current supported compression algorithms include RLE, Delta, Text, Zlib,
Modified Zlib, Bzip2 and Seminibble Encoding.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.rkeene.org/oss/dact
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, use::compressing,
works-with::archive
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dact/dact_0.8.42-5_amd64.deb