How To Install idl-font-lock-el on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install idl-font-lock-el on Kali Linux.

What is idl-font-lock-el

idl-font-lock-el is:

This module adds font-lock highlighting to the Emacs IDL-mode. This will be useful for people doing CORBA stuff, but it is not related to the Interactive Data Language.

There are three methods to install idl-font-lock-el 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 idl-font-lock-el Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install idl-font-lock-el using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install idl-font-lock-el

Install idl-font-lock-el Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install idl-font-lock-el using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install idl-font-lock-el

Install idl-font-lock-el 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 idl-font-lock-el using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install idl-font-lock-el

How To Uninstall idl-font-lock-el on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the idl-font-lock-el package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove idl-font-lock-el

Uninstall idl-font-lock-el And Its Dependencies

To uninstall idl-font-lock-el and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove idl-font-lock-el

Remove idl-font-lock-el Configurations and Data

To remove idl-font-lock-el configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge idl-font-lock-el

Remove idl-font-lock-el configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove idl-font-lock-el configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge idl-font-lock-el

Dependencies

idl-font-lock-el have the following dependencies:

• emacs24

References

• idl-font-lock-el website

Summary

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