Working on backtrack 5 which is basnde on debin linux platform hence required packages to install having .deb extension. so Here is a list of debin packages that you can follow.

(1) apt-get : APT is acronym for Advanced Package Tool. It supports installing packages over internet (ftp or http). You can also upgrade all packages in single operations, which makes it even more attractive.

(2) dpkg : Debian packaging tool which can be use to install, query, uninstall packages.

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