How To Install git-gui on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is git-gui

git-gui 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.

This package provides the git graphical user interface.

If aspell is installed, it can check the spelling of commit messages as the user types.

If meld is installed, it can be used for displaying diffs and for interactive merge conflict resolution.

There are three methods to install git-gui 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-gui 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-gui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install git-gui

Install git-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install git-gui

Install git-gui 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-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install git-gui

How To Uninstall git-gui on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove git-gui

Uninstall git-gui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-gui

Remove git-gui Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge git-gui

Remove git-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-gui

Dependencies

git-gui have the following dependencies:

• git

References

• git-gui website

Summary

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