How To Install darcs-monitor on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install darcs-monitor on Kali Linux.
What is darcs-monitor
darcs-monitor is:
It is often desirable to send mail about new changes to software to a mailing list as soon as they are committed to a version control repository. Darcs-monitor adds this functionality to Darcs, an advanced revision control system.
Darcs-monitor is most commonly used as a Darcs apply post-hook, so that email is sent as soon as changes are pushed to the repository under monitoring.
Mails sent by darcs-monitor are configurable, and they can contain the diff of the changes, as well as change metadata.
You will need a mail transport agent (MTA) such as Exim in all but the most unusual situations.
There are three methods to install darcs-monitor 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 darcs-monitor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install darcs-monitor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install darcs-monitorInstall darcs-monitor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install darcs-monitor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install darcs-monitorInstall darcs-monitor 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install darcs-monitor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install darcs-monitorHow To Uninstall darcs-monitor on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the darcs-monitor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove darcs-monitorUninstall darcs-monitor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall darcs-monitor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove darcs-monitorRemove darcs-monitor Configurations and Data
To remove darcs-monitor configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge darcs-monitorRemove darcs-monitor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove darcs-monitor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge darcs-monitorDependencies
darcs-monitor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install darcs-monitor package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
