How To Install kakoune on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is kakoune

kakoune is:

Kakoune is a code editor heavily inspired by Vim; as such most of its commands are similar to vi??s ones, and it shares Vi??s “keystrokes as a text editing language” model. Kakoune can operate in two modes, normal and insertion. In insertion mode, keys are directly inserted into the current buffer. In normal mode, keys are used to manipulate the current selection and to enter insertion mode. Kakoune has a strong focus on interactivity, most commands provide immediate and incremental results, while still being competitive (as in keystroke count) with Vim. Kakoune works on selections, which are oriented, inclusive range of characters; selections have an anchor and a cursor character. Most commands move both of them, except when extending selection where the anchor character stays fixed and the cursor one moves around.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kakoune

Install kakoune Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kakoune

Install kakoune 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 kakoune using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kakoune

How To Uninstall kakoune on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kakoune

Uninstall kakoune And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kakoune

Remove kakoune Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kakoune

Remove kakoune configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kakoune

Dependencies

kakoune have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libncursesw6
• libstdc++6
• libtinfo6

References

• kakoune website

Summary

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