How To Install ghi on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ghi

ghi is:

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This package provides “ghi” command line utility and Ruby library.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ghi

Install ghi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ghi

Install ghi 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 ghi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ghi

How To Uninstall ghi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ghi

Uninstall ghi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ghi

Remove ghi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ghi

Remove ghi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ghi

Dependencies

ghi have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-pygments.rb
• git

References

• ghi website

Summary

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