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‫اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ On occasion, we need to rebuild a Kali package from source. Fortunately, this is as simple as
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apt-getting the package sources, modifying them to your needs, and then rebuilding them using
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Debian tools. In this example, we will recompile the libfreefare package in order to add some
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extra hardcoded Mifare access keys into the mifare-format tool.
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Categories Downloading the Package Source

00. Introduction to Kali Linux
01. Downloading Kali Linux
02. Building Custom Kali Images
# Get the source package
apt-get source libfreefare
cd libfreefare-0.3.4~svn1469/

03. Installing Kali Linux

04. Kali Linux Network Installs

Edit the Package Source Code
05. Kali Linux General Use Make the changes needed to the source code of the package. In our case, we modify an example
file, mifare-classic-format.c.
06. Kali Linux ARM Architecture
 07. Kali Linux Development nano examples/mifare-classic-format.c
08. Troubleshooting Kali Linux

09. Kali Community Support

10. Kali Linux Policies

Check for Build Dependencies
Check for any build dependencies the package may have. These need to be installed before you
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dpkg-checkbuilddeps

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The output should be similar to the following, depending on what packages you already have

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installed. If dpkg-checkbuilddeps returns no output, that means you do not have any missing
dependencies and can proceed with the build.
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Install Build Dependencies
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Install any build dependencies if needed, as shown in the output of dpkg-checkbuilddeps:
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Build the Modified Package

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dpkg-buildpackage
 Install the New Package
If all went well, you should be able to install your newly-created package.

dpkg -i ../libfreefare*.deb

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