Installing Mercurial on Kali Linux

Mercurial is a distributed version control system used for software development. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Mercurial on Kali Linux.

Prerequisites

Installation Steps

  1. Open a terminal window on Kali Linux.

  2. Update the package list by running the following command:

    sudo apt-get update
    
  3. Once the package list is updated, install Mercurial using the following command:

    sudo apt-get install mercurial
    
  4. Press "y" to confirm the installation and wait for it to finish.

  5. Verify the installation by typing "hg" in the terminal window. If Mercurial is installed correctly, you should see a list of available commands.

    hg --help
    
  6. You can now start using Mercurial for your software development needs.

Conclusion

Mercurial has been successfully installed on Kali Linux. You can now use this distributed version control system for your software development projects.

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