How To Install gitolite 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 gitolite3

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

What is gitolite 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 gitolite 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 gitolite 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 gitolite using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gitolite3

Install gitolite using apt

Because gitolite 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 gitolite using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gitolite3

Install gitolite 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 gitolite by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gitolite3

How to upgrade (update) a single package gitolite 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 gitolite, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install gitolite3

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 gitolite3

How To Uninstall gitolite from Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gitolite3

Uninstall gitolite and all its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitolite3

Remove gitolite with all configurations and data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gitolite3

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitolite3

Extra info and code examples

Gitolite is an SSH-based gatekeeper providing access control for a server that hosts many git repositories. Without gitolite, each developer needing to push to one of the repositories hosted would need a user account on that server; gitolite lets you do that just using SSH public keys tied to a single, common, user that hosts all the repositories. Gitolite can restrict who can read (clone/fetch) from or write (push) to a repository, and who can push to what branch or tag - an important issue in corporate environments. Other features include: * access control by branch-name or by modified file/directory; * per-developer "personal namespace" prefixes; * simple but powerful configuration file syntax (with validation); * config files (and authority for maintaining them) can be split; * easy integration with gitweb; * comprehensive logging; * easy migration from gitosis.

Conclusion

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

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