How To Install rover on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rover on Kali Linux. rover is text-based light-weight frontend for update-alternatives

Introduction

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

What is rover

rover is:

Rover is a text-based light-weight frontend for update-alternatives, which is inspired by the ranger file browser. Compared to existing graphical frontends such as galternatives and kalternatives, Rover still has the following advantages:

  1. User doesn’t need to move hand off the keyboard.
  2. Zero GUI overhead, and not bound to graphical environment.
  3. Supports searching by substring or Python regex.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rover

Install rover Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rover

Install rover 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 rover using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rover

How To Uninstall rover on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rover

Uninstall rover And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rover

Remove rover Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rover

Remove rover configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rover

Dependencies

rover have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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