How To Install fte on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fte

fte is:

FTE is a text editor for programmers. Some of its features are smart indentation for C, C++, Java, Perl; color syntax highlighting for many more languages; multiple file/window editing; column blocks; configurable menus and keyboard bindings; mouse support; undo/redo; regular expression search and replace; folding; background compiler execution.

This package contains files necessary to build a configuration file and some elementary documentation. There is no editor here; please select one of the packages in the dependencies.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fte

Install fte Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fte

Install fte 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 fte using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fte

How To Uninstall fte on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fte

Uninstall fte And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fte

Remove fte Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fte

Remove fte configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fte

Dependencies

fte have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• fte website

Summary

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