How To Install syrep on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is syrep

syrep is:

syrep is a generic file repository synchronization tool. It may be used to synchronize large file hierarchies bidirectionally by exchanging patch files. Syrep is truely peer-to-peer, no central servers are involved. Synchronizations between more than two repositories are supported. The patch files may be transferred via offline media, e.g. removable hard disks or compact discs.

Files are tracked by their message digests, currently MD5. The following file operations are tracked in the snapshot files: creation, deletion, modification, creation of new hard or symbolic links, renaming. (The latter is nothing more than a new hard link and removal of the old file). syrep doesn’t distinguish between soft and hard links. In fact even copies of files are treated as the same. Currently, syrep doesn’t synchronize file attributes like access modes or modification times.

Syrep was written to facilitate the synchronization of two large digital music repositories without direct network connection. Patch files of several gigabytes are common in this situation.

Syrep is able to cope with 64 bit file sizes. (LFS)

Syrep is optimized for speed. It may make use of a message digest cache to accelerate the calculation of digests of a whole directory hierarchy

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install syrep

Install syrep Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install syrep

Install syrep 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 syrep using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install syrep

How To Uninstall syrep on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove syrep

Uninstall syrep And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove syrep

Remove syrep Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge syrep

Remove syrep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syrep

Dependencies

syrep have the following dependencies:

• libattr1

References

• syrep website

Summary

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