How To Install zsh-antigen on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zsh-antigen on Kali Linux.

What is zsh-antigen

zsh-antigen is:

Antigen is a small set of functions that help you easily manage your shell (zsh) plugins, called bundles. The concept is pretty much the same as bundles in a typical vim+pathogen setup. Antigen is to zsh, what Vundle is to vim.

There are three methods to install zsh-antigen 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 zsh-antigen Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zsh-antigen

Install zsh-antigen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zsh-antigen

Install zsh-antigen 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 zsh-antigen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zsh-antigen

How To Uninstall zsh-antigen on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the zsh-antigen package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zsh-antigen

Uninstall zsh-antigen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zsh-antigen

Remove zsh-antigen Configurations and Data

To remove zsh-antigen configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zsh-antigen

Remove zsh-antigen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zsh-antigen

Dependencies

zsh-antigen have the following dependencies:

• git
• zsh

References

• zsh-antigen website

Summary

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