How To Install dh-vim-addon on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-vim-addon on Kali Linux.

What is dh-vim-addon

dh-vim-addon is:

This package provides a helper for packaging Vim/Neovim addons in a standard way, compatible with Vim’s “package” feature. dh_vim-addon sets links to the respective “packpath” for the supported editors as well as building help tags for the addon’s documentation, if any exists.

A debhelper sequencer, vim_addon, is also provided for use with dh rules files.

There are three methods to install dh-vim-addon 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 dh-vim-addon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-vim-addon

Install dh-vim-addon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dh-vim-addon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dh-vim-addon

Install dh-vim-addon 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 dh-vim-addon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dh-vim-addon

How To Uninstall dh-vim-addon on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dh-vim-addon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dh-vim-addon

Uninstall dh-vim-addon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-vim-addon

Remove dh-vim-addon Configurations and Data

To remove dh-vim-addon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dh-vim-addon

Remove dh-vim-addon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dh-vim-addon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-vim-addon

Dependencies

dh-vim-addon have the following dependencies:

• debhelper
• vim-common
• perl

References

• dh-vim-addon website

Summary

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