How To Install libgit-objectstore-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgit-objectstore-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libgit-objectstore-perl

libgit-objectstore-perl is:

Git::ObjectStore provides an abstraction layer on top of Git::Raw, a Perl wrapper for libgit2, in order to use a bare Git repository as an object store. The objects are written into a mempack, and then flushed to disk, so thousands of objects can be created without polluting your filesystem and exhausting its inode pool.

There are three methods to install libgit-objectstore-perl 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 libgit-objectstore-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgit-objectstore-perl

Install libgit-objectstore-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgit-objectstore-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgit-objectstore-perl

Install libgit-objectstore-perl 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 libgit-objectstore-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgit-objectstore-perl

How To Uninstall libgit-objectstore-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgit-objectstore-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgit-objectstore-perl

Uninstall libgit-objectstore-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgit-objectstore-perl

Remove libgit-objectstore-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libgit-objectstore-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgit-objectstore-perl

Remove libgit-objectstore-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgit-objectstore-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgit-objectstore-perl

Dependencies

libgit-objectstore-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libgit-raw-perl

References

• libgit-objectstore-perl website

Summary

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