How To Install easygit on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is easygit

easygit is:

In short, Easy GIT is a single-file wrapper script for git, designed to make git easy to learn and use.

Features: * eg focuses on documentation and examples * eg removes many principle-of-least-surprise violations that catch git newbies unaware * eg provides subcommands that are a natural extension of capabilities users know from cvs/svn (eg also takes care to make sure the modifications to its subcommands are easily discoverable and error-avoiding for existing git users as well!)

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install easygit

Install easygit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install easygit

Install easygit 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 easygit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install easygit

How To Uninstall easygit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove easygit

Uninstall easygit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove easygit

Remove easygit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge easygit

Remove easygit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge easygit

Dependencies

easygit have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• easygit website

Summary

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