Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alien on Kali Linux.
What is alien
alien is:
Alien allows you to convert LSB, Red Hat, Stampede and Slackware Packages
into Debian packages, which can be installed with dpkg.
It can also generate packages of any of the other formats.
This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.
There are three methods to install alien 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 alien Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install alien using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alienInstall alien Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alien using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alienInstall alien 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install alien using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alienHow To Uninstall alien on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the alien package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alienUninstall alien And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alien and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alienRemove alien Configurations and Data
To remove alien configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alienRemove alien configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alien configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alienDependencies
alien have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alien package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
