How To Install jigit on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is jigit

jigit is:

Utilities written to make jigdo files easier to work with.

jigit-mkimage: program to create images from jigdo files jigdump: list the contents of a template file jigsum: Output MD5 sums in the base64-style jigdo way jigsum-sha256: Output SHA256 sums in the base64-style jigdo way mkjigsnap: helper script to be run on the upstream server parallel-sums: program to generate multiple checksums in parallel

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jigit

Install jigit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install jigit

Install jigit 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 jigit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jigit

How To Uninstall jigit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove jigit

Uninstall jigit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jigit

Remove jigit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge jigit

Remove jigit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jigit

Dependencies

jigit have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• zlib1g

References

• jigit website

Summary

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