How To Install zsh-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is zsh-common

zsh-common is:

Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. Of the standard shells, zsh most closely resembles ksh but includes many enhancements. Zsh has command-line editing, built-in spelling correction, programmable command completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and a host of other features.

This package contains the common zsh files shared by all architectures.

There are three methods to install zsh-common 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-common 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-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install zsh-common

Install zsh-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zsh-common

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

sudo aptitude -y install zsh-common

How To Uninstall zsh-common on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove zsh-common

Uninstall zsh-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zsh-common

Remove zsh-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zsh-common

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

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

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

Dependencies

zsh-common have the following dependencies:

References

• zsh-common website

Summary

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