How To Install vile-filters on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vile-filters on Kali Linux. vile-filters is VI Like Emacs - highlighting filters for vile/xvile

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vile-filters on Kali Linux.

What is vile-filters

vile-filters is:

Text highlighting filters for various languages and file formats for the vile and xvile editors.

There are three methods to install vile-filters 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 vile-filters Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vile-filters

Install vile-filters Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vile-filters

Install vile-filters 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 vile-filters using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vile-filters

How To Uninstall vile-filters on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vile-filters package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vile-filters

Uninstall vile-filters And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vile-filters

Remove vile-filters Configurations and Data

To remove vile-filters configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vile-filters

Remove vile-filters configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vile-filters configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vile-filters

Dependencies

vile-filters have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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