How To Install fortran-language-server on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortran-language-server on Kali Linux. fortran-language-server is Fortran Language Server for the Language Server Protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fortran-language-server on Kali Linux.

What is fortran-language-server

fortran-language-server is:

Fortran Language Server (fortls) is an implementation of the Language Server Protocol. It can be used with editors that supports the protocol (e.g. Emacs with elpa-lsp-mode) to offer support for code completion and documentation.

Supported LSP features include:

  • Document symbols (textDocument/documentSymbol)
  • Auto-complete (textDocument/completion)
  • Signature help (textDocument/signatureHelp)
  • GoTo/Peek definition (textDocument/definition)
  • Hover (textDocument/hover)
  • GoTo implementation (textDocument/implementation)
  • Find/Peek references (textDocument/references)
  • Project-wide symbol search (workspace/symbol)
  • Symbol renaming (textDocument/rename)
  • Documentation parsing (Doxygen and FORD styles)
  • Diagnostics

There are three methods to install fortran-language-server 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 fortran-language-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fortran-language-server

Install fortran-language-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fortran-language-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fortran-language-server

Install fortran-language-server 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 fortran-language-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fortran-language-server

How To Uninstall fortran-language-server on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fortran-language-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fortran-language-server

Uninstall fortran-language-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fortran-language-server

Remove fortran-language-server Configurations and Data

To remove fortran-language-server configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fortran-language-server

Remove fortran-language-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fortran-language-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fortran-language-server

Dependencies

fortran-language-server have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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