How To Install rerun on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rerun

rerun is:

Rerun launches your program, then watches the filesystem. If a relevant file changes, then it restarts your program. Rerun works for both long-running processes (e.g. apps) and for short-running ones (e.g. tests).

Install libnotify-bin to get desktop notifications when your application is restarted, or about the results of your tests.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rerun

Install rerun Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rerun

Install rerun 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 rerun using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rerun

How To Uninstall rerun on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rerun

Uninstall rerun And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rerun

Remove rerun Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rerun

Remove rerun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rerun

Dependencies

rerun have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-listen

References

• rerun website

Summary

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