How To Install envstore on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is envstore

envstore is:

envstore allows you to save environment variables into a separate store, list them, and reload them into the (other) shell again. It therefore provides a way to share them in cases where exporting to child processes is not feasible.

Included is envify, a shell script which loads the environment saved with envstore and then executes the command given to it.

A classic use case is MPD_HOST for clients of the Music Player Daemon. Commands to control the MPD would be wrapped with envify. If the MPD_HOST were then changed in envstore, it would automatically be used.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install envstore

Install envstore Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install envstore

Install envstore 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 envstore using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install envstore

How To Uninstall envstore on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove envstore

Uninstall envstore And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove envstore

Remove envstore Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge envstore

Remove envstore configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge envstore

Dependencies

envstore have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• envstore website

Summary

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