How To Install simple-revision-control on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install simple-revision-control on Kali Linux. simple-revision-control is single-file and single-user revision control system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install simple-revision-control on Kali Linux.

What is simple-revision-control

simple-revision-control is:

This package provides a powerful modern user interface for an RCS (and to some extend, SCCS) backend. It will be familiar to users with modern Subversion, Git, Hg experience, as well as a reasonable introduction to this toolset to novices.

SRC is designed to provide its strength for single-file, single-user version tracking. When it is overkill to make a whole directory and multi-file repository store (under, for example, Git or Hg), src can provide tracking for individual files instead. Examples of such might be your ~/bin scripts, /etc files, personal notes, r?sum?s, and any such file that would be awkward to contain in a wholly separate directory just for version control.

There are three methods to install simple-revision-control 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 simple-revision-control Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install simple-revision-control

Install simple-revision-control Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install simple-revision-control using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install simple-revision-control

Install simple-revision-control 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 simple-revision-control using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install simple-revision-control

How To Uninstall simple-revision-control on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the simple-revision-control package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove simple-revision-control

Uninstall simple-revision-control And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove simple-revision-control

Remove simple-revision-control Configurations and Data

To remove simple-revision-control configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge simple-revision-control

Remove simple-revision-control configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove simple-revision-control configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge simple-revision-control

Dependencies

simple-revision-control have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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