How To Install git-daemon-run on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install git-daemon-run on Kali Linux.

What is git-daemon-run

git-daemon-run is:

Git is popular version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency; it is used for many high profile open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel.

Git falls in the category of distributed source code management tools. Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server.

git-daemon, as provided by the git package, is a simple server for git repositories, ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e. pulling from git repositories through the network. This package provides a runit service for running git-daemon permanently. This configuration is simpler and more reliable than git-daemon-sysvinit, at a cost of being less familiar for administrators accustomed to sysvinit.

There are three methods to install git-daemon-run 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 git-daemon-run Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install git-daemon-run

Install git-daemon-run Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install git-daemon-run using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install git-daemon-run

Install git-daemon-run 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 git-daemon-run using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install git-daemon-run

How To Uninstall git-daemon-run on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the git-daemon-run package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove git-daemon-run

Uninstall git-daemon-run And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-daemon-run

Remove git-daemon-run Configurations and Data

To remove git-daemon-run configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge git-daemon-run

Remove git-daemon-run configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove git-daemon-run configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-daemon-run

Dependencies

git-daemon-run have the following dependencies:

• git

References

• git-daemon-run website

Summary

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