How To Install codeblocks-contrib on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install codeblocks-contrib on Kali Linux.
What is codeblocks-contrib
This package extends Code::Blocks functionality a great deal with the included plugins. These are: * Code profiler (based on gprof) and code statistics (SLOCs etc) * Copy strings * DragScroll (enhances mouse operations) * Setting of environment variables * Source exporter to PDF/HTML/ODT/RTF * Header fixup * Help * Keyboard shortcuts configuration * RAD gui-builder for wxWidgets (wxSmith) * wxSmith AUI and wxSmith contrib items * Selection of small games for relaxing between coding sessions! (BYOGames) * Autoversioning * ThreadSearch * BrowseTracker * Valgrind * HexEditor * IncrementalSearch * Codesnippets * Library finder * Regular expression testbed * Symbol table plugin * CB koders * MouseSap * Cccc * CppCheck
There are three ways to install codeblocks-contrib 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 codeblocks-contrib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install codeblocks-contrib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install codeblocks-contrib
Install codeblocks-contrib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install codeblocks-contrib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install codeblocks-contrib
Install codeblocks-contrib Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 codeblocks-contrib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install codeblocks-contrib
How To Uninstall codeblocks-contrib on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the codeblocks-contrib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove codeblocks-contrib
Uninstall codeblocks-contrib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall codeblocks-contrib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove codeblocks-contrib
Remove codeblocks-contrib Configurations and Data
To remove codeblocks-contrib configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge codeblocks-contrib
Remove codeblocks-contrib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove codeblocks-contrib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge codeblocks-contrib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install codeblocks-contrib using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.