How To Install bugwarrior on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bugwarrior on Kali Linux. bugwarrior is Pull tickets from bug trackers into taskwarrior

Introduction

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

What is bugwarrior

bugwarrior is:

bugwarrior is a command line utility for updating your local TaskWarrior database from your forge issue trackers.

It currently supports the following remote resources: ActiveCollab, Bitbucket, Bugzilla, Debian, Gerrit, GitHub, GitLab, Gmail, Jira, Megaplan, Pagure, Phabricator, Pivotal Tracker, RedMine, Taiga, TeamLab, Trac, Trello, Versionone, YouTrack.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bugwarrior

Install bugwarrior Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bugwarrior

Install bugwarrior 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 bugwarrior using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bugwarrior

How To Uninstall bugwarrior on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bugwarrior

Uninstall bugwarrior And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bugwarrior

Remove bugwarrior Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bugwarrior

Remove bugwarrior configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bugwarrior

Dependencies

bugwarrior have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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