How To Install gitbrute on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitbrute
on Kali Linux.
What is gitbrute
gitbrute is:
gitbrute brute-forces a pair of author+committer timestamps such that the resulting git commit has your desired prefix.
There are three methods to install gitbrute
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 gitbrute Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gitbrute
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gitbrute
Install gitbrute Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gitbrute
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gitbrute
Install gitbrute 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 gitbrute
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gitbrute
How To Uninstall gitbrute on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gitbrute
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gitbrute
Uninstall gitbrute And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gitbrute
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitbrute
Remove gitbrute Configurations and Data
To remove gitbrute
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gitbrute
Remove gitbrute configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gitbrute
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitbrute
Dependencies
gitbrute have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitbrute
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.