How To Install code2html on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install code2html on Kali Linux.

What is code2html

code2html is:

Code2html is a perl script which converts a program source code to syntax highlighted HTML, or any other target for which rules are defined.

It may be used as a simple console program, converting a single source code file to a single output file, it can patch HTML files including special command sequences to insert syntax highlighted snippets of code, or it can be used as a CGI script.

There are three methods to install code2html 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 code2html Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install code2html using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install code2html

Install code2html Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install code2html using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install code2html

Install code2html 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 code2html using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install code2html

How To Uninstall code2html on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the code2html package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove code2html

Uninstall code2html And Its Dependencies

To uninstall code2html and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove code2html

Remove code2html Configurations and Data

To remove code2html configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge code2html

Remove code2html configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove code2html configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge code2html

Dependencies

code2html have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• code2html website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install code2html package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.