How To Install aptly-publisher on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aptly-publisher on Kali Linux.

What is aptly-publisher

aptly-publisher is:

This tool allows one to create aptly multi-component
publishes from YAML definition of repositories and mirrors

Features:

• create or update publish from latest snapshots
  • it takes configuration in yaml format which defines what to publish and
    how
  • expected snapshot format is <name>-<timestamp>
• promote publish
  • use source publish snapshots to create or update another publish (eg.
    testing -> stable)
• cleanup unused snapshots

There are three methods to install aptly-publisher on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install aptly-publisher Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install aptly-publisher using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install aptly-publisher

Install aptly-publisher Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aptly-publisher using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aptly-publisher

Install aptly-publisher Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install aptly-publisher using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aptly-publisher

How To Uninstall aptly-publisher on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the aptly-publisher package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aptly-publisher

Uninstall aptly-publisher And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aptly-publisher and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aptly-publisher

Remove aptly-publisher Configurations and Data

To remove aptly-publisher configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aptly-publisher

Remove aptly-publisher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove aptly-publisher configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aptly-publisher

Dependencies

aptly-publisher have the following dependencies:

• python3-aptly
• python3

References

• aptly-publisher website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aptly-publisher package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.