How To Install tig on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tig

tig is:

This package contains a text-mode interface for the version control system Git. It may be used to browse the history and contents of a repository.

The following main features are supported:

• View revision logs, commit messages, diffstats, diffs, archive trees and file contents.
• Visualize revision graphs.
• Stage / unstage changes and add untracked files.
• Merge files.
• Cherry-pick commits.

tig may also be used as a pager. It reads input from stdin and colorizes it.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tig

Install tig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tig

Install tig 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 tig using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tig

How To Uninstall tig on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tig

Uninstall tig And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tig

Remove tig Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tig

Remove tig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tig

Dependencies

tig have the following dependencies:

• git

References

• tig website

Summary

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