How To Install python3-powerline-gitstatus on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-powerline-gitstatus on Kali Linux. python3-powerline-gitstatus is Powerline Git segment for Python (3.x)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-powerline-gitstatus on Kali Linux.

What is python3-powerline-gitstatus

python3-powerline-gitstatus is:

Powerline is a statusline plugin for vim, and provides statuslines and prompts for several other applications, including zsh, bash, tmux, IPython, Awesome and Qtile.

This package contains the Git segment for showing the status of a Git working copy for Python 3.x.

There are three methods to install python3-powerline-gitstatus 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 python3-powerline-gitstatus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-powerline-gitstatus using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-powerline-gitstatus

Install python3-powerline-gitstatus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-powerline-gitstatus using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-powerline-gitstatus

Install python3-powerline-gitstatus 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 python3-powerline-gitstatus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-powerline-gitstatus

How To Uninstall python3-powerline-gitstatus on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-powerline-gitstatus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-powerline-gitstatus

Uninstall python3-powerline-gitstatus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-powerline-gitstatus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-powerline-gitstatus

Remove python3-powerline-gitstatus Configurations and Data

To remove python3-powerline-gitstatus configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-powerline-gitstatus

Remove python3-powerline-gitstatus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-powerline-gitstatus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-powerline-gitstatus

Dependencies

python3-powerline-gitstatus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-powerline-gitstatus package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.