How To Install repo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is repo

repo is:

Repo is a repository management tool that the Android developers built on top of Git. Repo unifies the many Git repositories when necessary, does the uploads to the Android revision control system, and automates parts of the Android development workflow. Repo is not meant to replace Git, only to make it easier to work with Git in the context of Android. The repo command is an executable Python script that you can put anywhere in your path. In working with the Android source files, you will use Repo for across-network operations. For example, with a single Repo command you can download files from multiple repositories into your local working directory.

repo is an unusual tool because it downloads all of its own Python modules using GPG-signed git tags, and stores those files as part of the project that it is working with. So this package just provides the wrapper script, which provides the GPG signing keys for verifying that the correct Python code was downloaded.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install repo

Install repo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install repo

Install repo 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 repo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install repo

How To Uninstall repo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove repo

Uninstall repo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove repo

Remove repo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge repo

Remove repo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge repo

Dependencies

repo have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• repo website

Summary

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