Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install crossbuild-essential-amd64 on Kali Linux.
What is crossbuild-essential-amd64
crossbuild-essential-amd64 is:
If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don’t need
this package. Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
This package contains an informational list of packages which are
considered essential for cross building Debian packages. This
package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
package. Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
package depends on.
There are three methods to install crossbuild-essential-amd64 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 crossbuild-essential-amd64 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install crossbuild-essential-amd64 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install crossbuild-essential-amd64Install crossbuild-essential-amd64 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install crossbuild-essential-amd64 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install crossbuild-essential-amd64Install crossbuild-essential-amd64 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 crossbuild-essential-amd64 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install crossbuild-essential-amd64
How To Uninstall crossbuild-essential-amd64 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the crossbuild-essential-amd64 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove crossbuild-essential-amd64
Uninstall crossbuild-essential-amd64 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall crossbuild-essential-amd64 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove crossbuild-essential-amd64
Remove crossbuild-essential-amd64 Configurations and Data
To remove crossbuild-essential-amd64 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge crossbuild-essential-amd64
Remove crossbuild-essential-amd64 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove crossbuild-essential-amd64 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crossbuild-essential-amd64
Dependencies
crossbuild-essential-amd64 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install crossbuild-essential-amd64 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
