How To Install codelite-plugins on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install codelite-plugins on Kali Linux. codelite-plugins is Powerful and lightweight IDE - plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install codelite-plugins on Kali Linux.

What is codelite-plugins

codelite-plugins is:

CodeLite is a powerful and lightweight IDE specializing in C, C++, PHP and Javascript. Its features include:

  • Generic support for compilers
  • Built-in GDB support
  • Database-based Code Completion mechanism
  • Syntax highlighting for C/C++, Java, Perl, XML, Makefile, Lua, Diff files, PHP, JavaScript, Python, HTML, and ASP
  • Text Folding
  • Bookmarks
  • Find and Replace
  • doxygen comment generator

This package contains the plugins for CodeLite, including its form-designer wxCrafter.

There are three methods to install codelite-plugins 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 codelite-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install codelite-plugins

Install codelite-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install codelite-plugins

Install codelite-plugins 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 codelite-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install codelite-plugins

How To Uninstall codelite-plugins on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the codelite-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove codelite-plugins

Uninstall codelite-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove codelite-plugins

Remove codelite-plugins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge codelite-plugins

Remove codelite-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge codelite-plugins

Dependencies

codelite-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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