How To Install guile-git on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-git on Kali Linux. guile-git is guile bindings for libgit2

Introduction

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

What is guile-git

guile-git is:

Guile-Git is a GNU Guile library providing bindings to libgit2, a library implementation of the Git distributed version control system core methods.

There are three methods to install guile-git 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 guile-git Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install guile-git

Install guile-git Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install guile-git

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

sudo aptitude -y install guile-git

How To Uninstall guile-git on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove guile-git

Uninstall guile-git And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guile-git

Remove guile-git Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge guile-git

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

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

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

Dependencies

guile-git have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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