How To Install git-quick-stats on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-quick-stats on Kali Linux.

What is git-quick-stats

git-quick-stats is:

Git quick statistics is a simple and efficient way to access various statistics in git repository.

There are three methods to install git-quick-stats 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-quick-stats 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-quick-stats using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install git-quick-stats

Install git-quick-stats Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install git-quick-stats

Install git-quick-stats 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-quick-stats using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install git-quick-stats

How To Uninstall git-quick-stats on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the git-quick-stats package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove git-quick-stats

Uninstall git-quick-stats And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-quick-stats

Remove git-quick-stats Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge git-quick-stats

Remove git-quick-stats configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-quick-stats

Dependencies

git-quick-stats have the following dependencies:

• bsdextrautils
• git

References

• git-quick-stats website

Summary

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