How To Install ccls on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ccls on Kali Linux. ccls is C/C++/ObjC language server

Introduction

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

What is ccls

ccls is:

This originates from cquery, and is a server implementing Language Server Protocol for C/C++/Objective-C. It supports:

  • code completion (with both signature help and snippets)
  • definition/references, and other cross references
  • cross reference extensions: $ccls/call $ccls/inheritance $ccls/member $ccls/vars …
  • formatting
  • hierarchies: call (caller/callee) hierarchy, inheritance (base/derived) hierarchy, member hierarchy
  • symbol rename
  • document symbols and approximate search of workspace symbol
  • hover information
  • diagnostics and code actions (clang FixIts)
  • semantic highlighting and preprocessor skipped regions
  • semantic navigation: $ccls/navigate

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ccls

Install ccls Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ccls

Install ccls 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 ccls using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ccls

How To Uninstall ccls on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ccls package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ccls

Uninstall ccls And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ccls

Remove ccls Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ccls

Remove ccls configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ccls

Dependencies

ccls have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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