How To Install fsvs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fsvs

fsvs is:

FSVS is a backup/restore/versioning/deployment tool for whole directory trees or filesystems, with a Subversion repository as the backend. It can do overlays of multiple repositories, to achieve some content separation (base install, local modifications, etc.)

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fsvs

Install fsvs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fsvs

Install fsvs 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 fsvs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fsvs

How To Uninstall fsvs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fsvs

Uninstall fsvs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fsvs

Remove fsvs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fsvs

Remove fsvs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fsvs

Dependencies

fsvs have the following dependencies:

• libapr1
• libaprutil1
• libc6
• libgdbm6
• libpcre3
• libsvn1

References

• fsvs website

Summary

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