How To Install irony-server on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is irony-server

irony-server is:

irony-mode is an Emacs minor-mode that aims at improving the editing experience for the C, C++ and Objective-C languages. It works by using a combination of an Emacs package and a C++ program (irony-server) that uses libclang.

This package contains the architecture-specific irony-server.

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

sudo apt-get -y install irony-server

Install irony-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install irony-server

Install irony-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 irony-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install irony-server

How To Uninstall irony-server on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove irony-server

Uninstall irony-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove irony-server

Remove irony-server Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge irony-server

Remove irony-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge irony-server

Dependencies

irony-server have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libclang1-11

References

• irony-server website

Summary

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