How To Install zgen on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is zgen

zgen is:

zgen is a lightweight plugin manager for ZSH inspired by Antigen. The goal is to have a minimal overhead when starting up the shell because nobody likes waiting. The script generates a static init.zsh file which does nothing but sources your plugins and appends them to fpath. The downside is that you have to refresh the init script manually with zgen reset whenever you update your ~/.zshrc.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zgen

Install zgen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zgen

Install zgen 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 zgen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zgen

How To Uninstall zgen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove zgen

Uninstall zgen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zgen

Remove zgen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zgen

Remove zgen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zgen

Dependencies

zgen have the following dependencies:

References

• zgen website

Summary

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