How To Install code-oss on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install code-oss on Kali Linux.

What is code-oss

code-oss is:

This package contains code-oss, a code editor with what developers need for their core edit-build-debug cycle. It provides comprehensive code editing, navigation, and understanding support along with lightweight debugging, a rich extensibility model, and lightweight integration with existing tools.

This package is built from Microsoft open source code named code-oss.

There are three methods to install code-oss 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 code-oss Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install code-oss

Install code-oss Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install code-oss

Install code-oss 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 code-oss using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install code-oss

How To Uninstall code-oss on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the code-oss package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove code-oss

Uninstall code-oss And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove code-oss

Remove code-oss Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge code-oss

Remove code-oss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge code-oss

Dependencies

code-oss have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• code-oss website

Summary

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