How to Install and Uninstall debianutils Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "debianutils" package

This tutorial shows how to install debianutils on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall debianutils on Kali Linux:


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

Package: debianutils
Version: 5.17
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 224
Maintainer: Ileana Dumitrescu
Architecture: amd64
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Breaks: ifupdown (<< 0.8.36+nmu1), printer-driver-pnm2ppa (<< 1.13-12), x11-common (<< 1:7.7+23~)
Size: 89040
SHA256: c10ed0834e8a7b4056fea6e36608b29b1879ba6a23a6895dabcbb14a0ee566e7
SHA1: 3d4e1e417d7b1af14e8b308f86778a00075a1744
MD5sum: 81f9797adee9a4eb9cc067c2755bfdb4
Description: Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
This package provides a number of small utilities which are used
primarily by the installation scripts of Debian packages, although
you may use them directly.
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The specific utilities included are:
add-shell installkernel ischroot remove-shell run-parts savelog
update-shells which
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::configuring, devel::lang:perl, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::devel-lib,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian
Section: utils
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/d/debianutils/debianutils_5.17_amd64.deb