How To Install darcs on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install darcs on Kali Linux.

What is darcs

darcs is:

Darcs is a free, open source revision control system. It is:

• Distributed: Every user has access to the full command set, removing boundaries between server and client or committer and non-committers.
• Interactive: Darcs is easy to learn and efficient to use because it asks you questions in response to simple commands, giving you choices in your work flow. You can choose to record one change in a file, while ignoring another. As you update from upstream, you can review each patch name, even the full “diff” for interesting patches.
• Smart: Originally developed by physicist David Roundy, darcs is based on a unique algebra of patches. This smartness lets you respond to changing demands in ways that would otherwise not be possible.

There are three methods to install darcs 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 darcs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install darcs

Install darcs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install darcs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install darcs

Install darcs 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 darcs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install darcs

How To Uninstall darcs on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the darcs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove darcs

Uninstall darcs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove darcs

Remove darcs Configurations and Data

To remove darcs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge darcs

Remove darcs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove darcs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge darcs

Dependencies

darcs have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libffi7
• libgmp10
• libtinfo6
• zlib1g

References

• darcs website

Summary

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