How To Install le on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install le on Kali Linux. le is Text editor with block and binary operations

Introduction

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

What is le

le is:

LE has many block operations with stream and rectangular blocks, can edit both Unix and DOS style files (LF/CRLF), is binary clean, has hexadecimal mode, can edit large files and mmap’able devices, has tunable syntax highlighting, tunable key map, and tunable color scheme (but can use default colors).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install le

Install le Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install le

Install le 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 le using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install le

How To Uninstall le on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove le

Uninstall le And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove le

Remove le Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge le

Remove le configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge le

Dependencies

le have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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