How To Install mercurial on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mercurial on Kali Linux. mercurial is easy-to-use, scalable distributed version control system

Introduction

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

What is mercurial

mercurial is:

Mercurial is a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects.

Its features include:

  • O(1) delta-compressed file storage and retrieval scheme
  • Complete cross-indexing of files and changesets for efficient exploration of project history
  • Robust SHA1-based integrity checking and append-only storage model
  • Decentralized development model with arbitrary merging between trees
  • High-speed HTTP-based network merge protocol
  • Easy-to-use command-line interface
  • Integrated stand-alone web interface
  • Small Python codebase

This package contains the architecture dependent files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mercurial

Install mercurial Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mercurial

Install mercurial 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 mercurial using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mercurial

How To Uninstall mercurial on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mercurial

Uninstall mercurial And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mercurial

Remove mercurial Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mercurial

Remove mercurial configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mercurial

Dependencies

mercurial have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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