How To Install cgi on Kali Linux

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install viewvc

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is cgi and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Kali Linux. This guide was written specifically with a server running Kali Linux in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install cgi on Kali Linux. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install cgi using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt -y install viewvc

Install cgi using apt

Because cgi is available in Kali Linux’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install cgi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install viewvc

Install cgi using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 aptitude database, You can install cgi by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install viewvc

How to upgrade (update) a single package cgi using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the cgi, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install viewvc

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install viewvc

How To Uninstall cgi from Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cgi package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove viewvc

Uninstall cgi and all its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove viewvc

Remove cgi with all configurations and data

To remove cgi configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge viewvc

Remove cgi completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to cgi package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge viewvc

Extra info and code examples

ViewVC is a browser (web) interface for CVS and Subversion version control repositories. It generates templatized HTML to present navigable directory, revision, and change log listings. It can display specific versions of files as well as diffs between those versions. Basically, ViewVC provides the bulk of the report-like functionality you expect out of your version control tool, but much more prettily than the average textual command-line program output. ViewVC can be used in two modes, both of which are supported by this package: (1) by running the simple stand-alone server "viewvc-standalone", with or without a GUI, and/or (2) by integrating ViewVC with any CGI-enabled HTTP server like Apache or nginx. Three different binaries are provided: FastCGI, WSGI (for Apache mod_python), and plain CGI.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install cgi using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the cgi from Kali Linux.

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