How to Install and Uninstall pristine-tar Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "pristine-tar" package

This tutorial shows how to install pristine-tar on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pristine-tar
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pristine-tar" package

Learn how to uninstall pristine-tar on Kali Linux:


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

Package: pristine-tar
Version: 1.50+nmu1
Installed-Size: 546
Maintainer: Tomasz Buchert
Architecture: amd64
Depends: bzip2, libsys-cpuaffinity-perl, pbzip2, pixz, tar (>= 1.29b-1.1), xdelta, xdelta3, xz-utils, perl:any, libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Size: 107592
SHA256: 636e2c9385181cd7a5ebdf965608ebeaee9ba8415843078c53ef49eeff1afe48
SHA1: bb63c8f5e54d185739ace3d1718f273f9dfd11da
MD5sum: 5ec6c0e08a169cc28ae15f76f2d3db9d
Description: regenerate pristine tarballs
pristine-tar can regenerate a pristine upstream tarball using only a small
binary delta file and a revision control checkout of the upstream branch.
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The package also includes a pristine-gz command, which can regenerate a
pristine .gz file, a pristine-bz2 for .bz2 files, and a pristine-xz for .xz
files.
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The delta file is designed to be checked into revision control along-side
the upstream branch, thus allowing Debian packages to be built entirely
using sources in revision control, without the need to keep copies of
upstream tarballs.
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An optional upstream signature may be attached to tarballs for verification
by, for example, dpkg-source(1).
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://kitenet.net/~joey/code/pristine-tar/
Tag: admin::backup, devel::packaging, implemented-in::perl,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
use::compressing, use::storing, works-with::vcs
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pristine-tar/pristine-tar_1.50+nmu1_amd64.deb