How To Install gitk on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gitk

gitk is:

Git is popular version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency; it is used for many high profile open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel.

Git falls in the category of distributed source code management tools. Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server.

This package provides the gitk program, a tcl/tk revision tree visualizer.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gitk

Install gitk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gitk

Install gitk 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 gitk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gitk

How To Uninstall gitk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gitk

Uninstall gitk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitk

Remove gitk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gitk

Remove gitk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitk

Dependencies

gitk have the following dependencies:

• git

References

• gitk website

Summary

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