How To Install gitolite3 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gitolite3 on Kali Linux. gitolite3 is SSH-based gatekeeper for git repositories (version 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gitolite3 on Kali Linux.

What is gitolite3

gitolite3 is:

Gitolite is an SSH-based gatekeeper providing access control for a server that hosts many git repositories. Without gitolite, each developer needing to push to one of the repositories hosted would need a user account on that server; gitolite lets you do that just using SSH public keys tied to a single, common, user that hosts all the repositories.

Gitolite can restrict who can read (clone/fetch) from or write (push) to a repository, and who can push to what branch or tag - an important issue in corporate environments. Other features include:

  • access control by branch-name or by modified file/directory;
  • per-developer “personal namespace” prefixes;
  • simple but powerful configuration file syntax (with validation);
  • config files (and authority for maintaining them) can be split;
  • easy integration with gitweb;
  • comprehensive logging;
  • easy migration from gitosis.

There are three methods to install gitolite3 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 gitolite3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gitolite3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gitolite3

Install gitolite3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gitolite3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gitolite3

Install gitolite3 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 gitolite3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gitolite3

How To Uninstall gitolite3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gitolite3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gitolite3

Uninstall gitolite3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gitolite3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitolite3

Remove gitolite3 Configurations and Data

To remove gitolite3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gitolite3

Remove gitolite3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gitolite3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitolite3

Dependencies

gitolite3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gitolite3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.