How To Install gedit-plugins on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gedit-plugins

gedit-plugins is:

gedit-plugins contain a set of plugins for gedit, GNOME’s text editor.

The plugins are now split in separate packages; this metapackage brings all of them but they can be installed separately.

There are three methods to install gedit-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 gedit-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 gedit-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gedit-plugins

Install gedit-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gedit-plugins

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

sudo aptitude -y install gedit-plugins

How To Uninstall gedit-plugins on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gedit-plugins

Uninstall gedit-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gedit-plugins

Remove gedit-plugins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gedit-plugins

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

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

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

Dependencies

gedit-plugins have the following dependencies:

• gedit-plugin-bookmarks
• gedit-plugin-bracket-completion
• gedit-plugin-character-map
• gedit-plugin-code-comment
• gedit-plugin-color-picker
• gedit-plugin-color-schemer
• gedit-plugin-commander
• gedit-plugin-draw-spaces
• gedit-plugin-find-in-files
• gedit-plugin-git
• gedit-plugin-join-lines
• gedit-plugin-multi-edit
• gedit-plugin-session-saver
• gedit-plugin-smart-spaces
• gedit-plugin-synctex
• gedit-plugin-terminal
• gedit-plugin-text-size
• gedit-plugin-translate
• gedit-plugin-word-completion

References

• gedit-plugins website

Summary

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