How To Install fish-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fish-common on Kali Linux.

What is fish-common

fish-common is:

Fish is a shell geared towards interactive use. Its features are focused on user friendliness and discoverability. The language syntax is simple but incompatible with other shell languages.

This package contains the common fish files shared by all architectures.

There are three methods to install fish-common 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 fish-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fish-common

Install fish-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fish-common

Install fish-common 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 fish-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fish-common

How To Uninstall fish-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fish-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fish-common

Uninstall fish-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fish-common

Remove fish-common Configurations and Data

To remove fish-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fish-common

Remove fish-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fish-common

Dependencies

fish-common have the following dependencies:

• libjs-jquery

References

• fish-common website

Summary

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