How To Install git-daemon-sysvinit on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-daemon-sysvinit on Kali Linux. git-daemon-sysvinit is fast, scalable, distributed revision control system (git-daemon service)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-daemon-sysvinit on Kali Linux.

What is git-daemon-sysvinit

git-daemon-sysvinit is:

Git is popular version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency; it is used for many high profile open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel.

Git falls in the category of distributed source code management tools. Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server.

git-daemon, as provided by the git package, is a simple server for git repositories, ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e. pulling from git repositories through the network. This package provides a sysvinit service for running git-daemon permanently. Unlike git-daemon-run, this package provides the usual sysvinit service management commands (“service git-daemon start/stop”) for git-daemon.

There are three methods to install git-daemon-sysvinit 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 git-daemon-sysvinit Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install git-daemon-sysvinit using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install git-daemon-sysvinit

Install git-daemon-sysvinit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install git-daemon-sysvinit using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install git-daemon-sysvinit

Install git-daemon-sysvinit 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install git-daemon-sysvinit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install git-daemon-sysvinit

How To Uninstall git-daemon-sysvinit on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the git-daemon-sysvinit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove git-daemon-sysvinit

Uninstall git-daemon-sysvinit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall git-daemon-sysvinit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-daemon-sysvinit

Remove git-daemon-sysvinit Configurations and Data

To remove git-daemon-sysvinit configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge git-daemon-sysvinit

Remove git-daemon-sysvinit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove git-daemon-sysvinit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-daemon-sysvinit

Dependencies

git-daemon-sysvinit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-daemon-sysvinit package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.