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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "dpkg-repack" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall dpkg-repack on Kali Linux:


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

Package: dpkg-repack
Version: 1.52
Installed-Size: 38
Maintainer: Dpkg Developers
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, dpkg (>= 1.21.0), libdpkg-perl
Suggests: fakeroot
Size: 18304
SHA256: 2cf6013bd22b347e60d09c50dfade575abe2bca3ba70cbccd4c0510bd636a4f3
SHA1: f3b817045660712f7c48bc55621a558a502eb575
MD5sum: 8ae078648247e8af1701831003c28c26
Description: Debian package archiving tool
dpkg-repack creates a .deb file out of a package that has already been
installed. If any changes have been made to the package while it was
unpacked (i.e. files in /etc were modified), the new package will inherit
the changes.
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This utility can make it easy to copy packages from one computer to another,
or to recreate packages that are installed on your system, but no longer
available elsewhere, or to store the current state of a package before you
upgrade it.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg
Tag: admin::package-management, devel::debian, devel::packaging,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian, works-with::software:package
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg-repack/dpkg-repack_1.52_all.deb