How To Install gitlab-cli on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gitlab-cli on Kali Linux. gitlab-cli is GitLab command-line client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gitlab-cli on Kali Linux.

What is gitlab-cli

gitlab-cli is:

Command-line tool to interact with the GitLab v4 server API. The executable is named python-gitlab.

There are three methods to install gitlab-cli 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 gitlab-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gitlab-cli

Install gitlab-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gitlab-cli

Install gitlab-cli 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 gitlab-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gitlab-cli

How To Uninstall gitlab-cli on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gitlab-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gitlab-cli

Uninstall gitlab-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitlab-cli

Remove gitlab-cli Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gitlab-cli

Remove gitlab-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitlab-cli

Dependencies

gitlab-cli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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