How To Install mgitstatus on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mgitstatus

mgitstatus is:

mgitstatus is a tool that loop over multiple Git repositories reporting, for each one, the uncommitted, untracked and unpushed changes. The output is nicely formatted using colors to quickly detect which repositories need action.

When working over several project, mgitstatus is quite helpful to track unfinished work, not in sync with your remotes. Optionally, it can also check if the repository needs a pull by fetching remote branches.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mgitstatus

Install mgitstatus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mgitstatus

Install mgitstatus 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 mgitstatus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mgitstatus

How To Uninstall mgitstatus on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mgitstatus

Uninstall mgitstatus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mgitstatus

Remove mgitstatus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mgitstatus

Remove mgitstatus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mgitstatus

Dependencies

mgitstatus have the following dependencies:

• git

References

• mgitstatus website

Summary

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