How to Install Nefarious on POP! OS

Nefarious is a lightweight utility that allows you to manage your local git repositories seamlessly. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Nefarious on your POP! OS latest version.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:

• A computer running POP! OS latest version
• SSH key to authenticate to your Git repositories

Steps

1. Open the Terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T keys simultaneously.

2. First thing first, let's update our system repository by running the command:

sudo apt update

3. Once the update is complete, we can proceed to install Git on the system using the command:

sudo apt install git

4. After a successful installation of Git, we can now proceed with installing Nefarious. First, we need to clone the repository from the official GitHub page using the command below:

git clone https://github.com/lardbit/nefarious.git

5. Change into the nefarious directory using the command:

cd nefarious

6. We can now install Nefarious using the pip package manager. Ensure you have pip installed by executing the command:

sudo apt install python3-pip

7. Once pip installation is complete, you can proceed to install Nefarious using the command:

sudo pip3 install .

8. After a successful installation of Nefarious, you can validate by running the command below:

nefarious --version

You should get an output of your installed Nefarious version.

9. Finally, configure Nefarious by creating an SSH config file, which will contain all the essential details required to authenticate with Git repositories. Use the command below to create the SSH config file:

touch ~/.ssh/config

10. Update the SSH config file with your Git credentials. Open the file using a text editor like nano, and add your Git configurations:

Host gitlab.com
  HostName gitlab.com
  User git
  IdentityFile /path/to/private/key

Host github.com
  HostName github.com
  User git
  IdentityFile /path/to/private/key

Note: Replace the /path/to/private/key with the path to your private key file.

11. Finally, test if you can connect to Git repositories using Nefarious by executing the following command:

nefarious update

If everything was configured correctly, you should see responses like:

Retrieved updates for <git-repo-name>
<git-repo-name> is up to date.
Retrieved updates for <git-repo-name>
1 new update available for <git-repo-name>:
    'a345b6cdef' -> 'b789cd012e'

That's it! You now have successfully installed Nefarious on your POP! OS and can conveniently manage your Git repositories. Happy coding!

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