How To Install 0install on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install 0install on Kali Linux.

What is 0install

0install is:

Zero Install is a decentralised cross-distribution software installation
system available under the LGPL. It allows software developers to publish
programs directly from their own web-sites, while supporting features familiar
from centralised distribution repositories such as shared libraries, automatic
updates and digital signatures. It is intended to complement, rather than
replace, the operating system’s package management. 0install packages never
interfere with those provided by the distribution.

This package includes the GTK GUI for 0install. If you have a headless system,
install just the 0install-core package to avoid pulling in any GUI
dependencies.

There are three methods to install 0install 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 0install Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install 0install using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install 0install

Install 0install Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install 0install using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install 0install

Install 0install 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 0install using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install 0install

How To Uninstall 0install on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the 0install package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove 0install

Uninstall 0install And Its Dependencies

To uninstall 0install and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove 0install

Remove 0install Configurations and Data

To remove 0install configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge 0install

Remove 0install configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove 0install configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge 0install

Dependencies

0install have the following dependencies:

• 0install-core
• libgtk-3-0
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0

References

• 0install website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install 0install package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.