How To Install zoxide on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install zoxide on Kali Linux. zoxide is Faster way to navigate your filesystem

Introduction

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

What is zoxide

zoxide is:

This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “zoxide”:

  • zoxide

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zoxide

Install zoxide Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zoxide

Install zoxide 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 zoxide using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zoxide

How To Uninstall zoxide on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove zoxide

Uninstall zoxide And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zoxide

Remove zoxide Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zoxide

Remove zoxide configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zoxide

Dependencies

zoxide have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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