How To Install myrepos on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is myrepos

myrepos is:

The mr(1) command can checkout, update, or perform other actions on a set of repositories as if they were one combined repository. It supports any combination of git, svn, mercurial, bzr, darcs, cvs, vcsh, fossil, and veracity repositories, and support for other version control systems can easily be added. (There are extensions adding support for unison and git-svn, among others.)

It is extremely configurable via simple shell scripting. Some examples of things it can do include:

• Update a repository no more frequently than once every twelve hours.
• Run an arbitrary command before committing to a repository.
• When updating a git repository, pull from two different upstreams and merge the two together.
• Run several repository updates in parallel, greatly speeding up the update process.
• Remember actions that failed due to a laptop being offline, so they can be retried when it comes back online. . This package also includes the webcheckout command.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install myrepos

Install myrepos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install myrepos

Install myrepos 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 myrepos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install myrepos

How To Uninstall myrepos on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove myrepos

Uninstall myrepos And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove myrepos

Remove myrepos Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge myrepos

Remove myrepos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge myrepos

Dependencies

myrepos have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• myrepos website

Summary

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