How To Install github-backup on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install github-backup on Kali Linux.
What is github-backup
github-backup is:
github-backup is a simple tool you run in a git repository you cloned from GitHub. It backs up everything GitHub publishes about the repository, including other forks, issues, comments, wikis, milestones, pull requests, and watchers.
Also includes gitriddance, which can be used to close all open issues and pull requests.
There are three methods to install github-backup 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 github-backup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install github-backup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install github-backupInstall github-backup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install github-backup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install github-backupInstall github-backup 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install github-backup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install github-backupHow To Uninstall github-backup on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the github-backup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove github-backupUninstall github-backup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall github-backup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove github-backupRemove github-backup Configurations and Data
To remove github-backup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge github-backupRemove github-backup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove github-backup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge github-backupDependencies
github-backup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install github-backup package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
