How To Install gitbatch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gitbatch

gitbatch is:

Managing multiple git repositories is easier than ever. Often one would end up working on many directories and manually pulling updates etc. To make this routine faster, gitbatch was created, a simple tool to handle this job. Although the focus is batch jobs, one can still do de facto micro management of git repositories (e.g add/reset, stash, commit etc.)

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gitbatch

Install gitbatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gitbatch

Install gitbatch 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 gitbatch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gitbatch

How To Uninstall gitbatch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gitbatch

Uninstall gitbatch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitbatch

Remove gitbatch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gitbatch

Remove gitbatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitbatch

Dependencies

gitbatch have the following dependencies:

References

• gitbatch website

Summary

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