How To Install vcsh on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vcsh

vcsh is:

vcsh allows you to have several git repositories, all maintaining their working trees in $HOME without clobbering each other. That, in turn, means you can have one repository per config set (zsh, vim, ssh, etc), picking and choosing which configs you want to use on which machine.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vcsh

Install vcsh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vcsh

Install vcsh 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 vcsh using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vcsh

How To Uninstall vcsh on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vcsh

Uninstall vcsh And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vcsh

Remove vcsh Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vcsh

Remove vcsh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vcsh

Dependencies

vcsh have the following dependencies:

• git

References

• vcsh website

Summary

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