How To Install highlight on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install highlight on Kali Linux. highlight is Universal source code to formatted text converter

Introduction

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

What is highlight

highlight is:

A utility that converts sourcecode to HTML, XHTML, RTF, LaTeX, TeX, SVG, XML or terminal escape sequences with syntax highlighting. It supports several programming and markup languages. Language descriptions are configurable and support regular expressions. The utility offers indentation and reformatting capabilities. It is easily possible to create new language definitions and colour themes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install highlight

Install highlight Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install highlight

Install highlight 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 highlight using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install highlight

How To Uninstall highlight on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove highlight

Uninstall highlight And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove highlight

Remove highlight Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge highlight

Remove highlight configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge highlight

Dependencies

highlight have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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