How To Install thefuck on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install thefuck on Kali Linux. thefuck is spelling corrector of console commands

Introduction

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

What is thefuck

thefuck is:

The Fuck attempts to fix user’s command line mistakes, by composing new commands applying a series of matching rules. It supports various shells, such as bash, fish, tcsh, and zsh.

The ‘sudo’ matching rule has been disabled for users’ safety.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install thefuck

Install thefuck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install thefuck

Install thefuck 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 thefuck using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install thefuck

How To Uninstall thefuck on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove thefuck

Uninstall thefuck And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove thefuck

Remove thefuck Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge thefuck

Remove thefuck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thefuck

Dependencies

thefuck have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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