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.
After updating apt database, We can install darcs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install darcs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install darcs
using apt
by running the following command:
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.
After updating apt database, We can install darcs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall darcs on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the darcs
package we can use the following command:
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:
Remove darcs Configurations and Data
To remove darcs
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
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:
Dependencies
darcs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install darcs
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.