How to Install and Uninstall dpkg-cross Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "dpkg-cross" package

This tutorial shows how to install dpkg-cross on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dpkg-cross
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dpkg-cross" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall dpkg-cross on Kali Linux:


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

Package: dpkg-cross
Version: 2.6.20
Installed-Size: 79
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, dpkg-dev (>= 1.14.7), libconfig-auto-perl, libdebian-dpkgcross-perl (= 2.6.20), cross-config
Recommends: fakeroot
Suggests: binutils-multiarch
Breaks: debhelper (<< 8.1.2~)
Size: 25760
SHA256: 82a05408047da0c22cc520b0e4d4739d78f9c6dc6921f5539263c555c78d8af2
SHA1: 324dc11c06eb222b9fe873f280f47e473238228d
MD5sum: 16d1ef1cb1229fb82bee768d3bdac061
Description: tools for cross compiling Debian packages
dpkg-cross is a tool for installing libraries and headers from
packages which have not been converted for Multi-Arch to support
cross compiling.
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This package contains only the deprecated dpkg-cross binary. Future
releases will drop the dpkg-cross and libdebian-dpkgcross-perl
binary packages.
Description-md5:
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg-cross/dpkg-cross_2.6.20_all.deb