Adding PPA repository in kali linux 2017.1

[abhijeet]

Hello to all,
I am using Lenovo y50 with dual boot with win 10 and kali linux(64 bit).
I am running kali linux latest edition 2017.1.

uname -a
Linux KALI 4.9.0-kali4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2kali1 (2017-06-22) x86_64 GNU/Linux

I was trying to install SYSTEMBACK after which i figured out to add ppa repository so i started working on it an did following:

# apt-get install python3-software-properties apt-file
# apt-file update
# apt-file search add-apt-repository
# cd /usr/sbin
# vim add-apt-repository

#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -eq 1 ]
NM=`uname -a && date`
NAME=`echo $NM | md5sum | cut -f1 -d" "`
then
  ppa_name=`echo "$1" | cut -d":" -f2 -s`
  if [ -z "$ppa_name" ]
  then
    echo "PPA name not found"
    echo "Utility to add PPA repositories in your debian machine"
    echo "$0 ppa:user/ppa-name"
  else
    echo "$ppa_name"
    echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/$ppa_name/ubuntu trusty main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
    apt-get update >> /dev/null 2> /tmp/${NAME}_apt_add_key.txt
    key=`cat /tmp/${NAME}_apt_add_key.txt | cut -d":" -f6 | cut -d" " -f3`
    apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys $key
    rm -rf /tmp/${NAME}_apt_add_key.txt
  fi
else
  echo "Utility to add PPA repositories in your debian machine"
  echo "$0 ppa:user/ppa-name"
fi

# chmod o+x add-apt-repository

# chown root:root add-apt-repository

After that i tried to install SYSTEMBACK by following and get the respected output:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nemh/systemback
nemh/systemback
Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.bc12ITtR7t/gpg.1.sh --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys

apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/themes/ubuntu trusty InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nemh/systemback/ubuntu trusty InRelease         
Ign:4 https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Debian_9.0 ./ InRelease
Hit:5 http://deb.i2p2.no unstable InRelease
Hit:3 https://archive-3.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease
Get:6 https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Debian_9.0 ./ Release [976 B]
Fetched 976 B in 1s (500 B/s)                             
Reading package lists... Done


sudo apt-get install systemback 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 systemback : Depends: libsystemback (= 1.8.402~ubuntu14.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: systemback-scheduler (= 1.8.402~ubuntu14.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
              Recommends: lupin-casper but it is not installable
              Recommends: systemback-cli (= 1.8.402~ubuntu14.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
              Recommends: ttf-ubuntu-font-family but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I don't know what is the problem whether it is the problem with adding ppa repository or packages or maybe both.
I understand adding other repository to source list can break my kali but i want to play with SYSTEMBACK and once installed i will remove ppa repository.

These are the links i followed:
https://alancads.wordpress.com/2016/...-debian-linux/
https://launchpad.net/systemback
https://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/02...pt-repository/


Thanks
Sincerely Abhi.

[grid]

My guess is that systemback has dependencies that aren't in your /etc/apt/sources.list

I suggest using another Linux distro (like Mint or Ubuntu) for experimenting with systemback. That way, your Kali install will stay clean

[abhijeet]

hello grid thanks for the reply.....I think i am good with kali any alternate to systemback you suggest

[grid]

When I need to do backups on Kali, I either manually copy the files I need to external storage, or use Clonezilla (it's free).

[abhijeet]

Thanks grid for the suggestion and your precious time spent on me. Thanks again

[grid]

No problem...you are welcome