How To Install ledit on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ledit

ledit is:

Ledit is a line editor, allowing to use control commands like in emacs or in shells (bash, tcsh). To be used with interactive commands. It is written in OCaml and Camlp4 and uses the library unix.cma.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ledit

Install ledit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ledit

Install ledit 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 ledit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ledit

How To Uninstall ledit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ledit

Uninstall ledit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ledit

Remove ledit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ledit

Remove ledit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ledit

Dependencies

ledit have the following dependencies:

• ocaml-base-nox-4.11.1

References

• ledit website

Summary

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