Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dirtbike on Kali Linux.
What is dirtbike
dirtbike is:
The purpose of this package is to make it easier to devendorize other
packages which bundle various upstream packages. An example of this
is pip, which bundles a half-dozen or so other upstream packages. In
Debian and other distros, such vendoring is frowned upon. To make it
easier to devendorize, dirtbike turns installed system packages into
wheels, and these wheels can then be used instead of the vendored
packages.
There are three methods to install dirtbike 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 dirtbike Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dirtbike using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dirtbike
Install dirtbike Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dirtbike using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dirtbikeInstall dirtbike 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 dirtbike using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dirtbike
How To Uninstall dirtbike on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dirtbike package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dirtbike
Uninstall dirtbike And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dirtbike and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dirtbike
Remove dirtbike Configurations and Data
To remove dirtbike configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dirtbike
Remove dirtbike configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dirtbike configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dirtbike
Dependencies
dirtbike have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dirtbike package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
