How To Install rcm on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rcm

rcm is:

rcm is a suite of tools to manage rc files (dotfiles). The tools keep dotfiles in a single directory, managing symlinks to them from (or copies of them in) other directories. rcm supports tagging rc files and splitting them by hostname. It also can generate a bootstrapping script for use a new machine.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rcm

Install rcm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rcm

Install rcm 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 rcm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rcm

How To Uninstall rcm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rcm

Uninstall rcm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rcm

Remove rcm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rcm

Remove rcm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rcm

Dependencies

rcm have the following dependencies:

References

• rcm website

Summary

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