How To Install vim-ale on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-ale on Kali Linux.

What is vim-ale

vim-ale is:

ALE (Asynchronous Lint Engine) is a plugin providing linting (syntax checking and semantic errors) in NeoVim 0.2.0+ and Vim 8 while you edit your text files, and acts as a Vim Language Server Protocol client.

ALE makes use of NeoVim and Vim 8 job control functions and timers to run linters on the contents of text buffers and return errors as text is changed in Vim. This allows for displaying warnings and errors in files being edited in Vim before files have been saved back to a filesystem. In other words, this plugin allows you to lint while you type.

After installing the package, you can put ??packadd! ale?? to your vimrc file to activate the plugin.

There are three methods to install vim-ale 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 vim-ale Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vim-ale

Install vim-ale Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vim-ale

Install vim-ale 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 vim-ale using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vim-ale

How To Uninstall vim-ale on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vim-ale package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vim-ale

Uninstall vim-ale And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-ale

Remove vim-ale Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-ale

Remove vim-ale configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-ale

Dependencies

vim-ale have the following dependencies:

• vim

References

• vim-ale website

Summary

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