How To Install libgtksourceview-3.0-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtksourceview-3.0-common on Kali Linux.

What is libgtksourceview-3.0-common

libgtksourceview-3.0-common is:

GtkSourceView is a text widget that extends the standard GTK+ 3.x text widget GtkTextView. It improves GtkTextView by implementing syntax highlighting and other features typical of a source editor.

This package contains the language specifications files for Ada, C, C++, C#, CSS, “.desktop”, “.diff” (patch), Fortran 95, GtkRC, Haskell, HTML, IDL, “.ini”, Java, JavaScript, LaTeX, Lua, MSIL, Nemerle, Pascal, Perl, PHP, “.po” (gettext), Python, R, Ruby, sh, SQL, Tcl, Texinfo, VB.NET, Verilog, VHDL and XML.

There are three methods to install libgtksourceview-3.0-common 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 libgtksourceview-3.0-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgtksourceview-3.0-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgtksourceview-3.0-common

Install libgtksourceview-3.0-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgtksourceview-3.0-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgtksourceview-3.0-common

Install libgtksourceview-3.0-common 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 libgtksourceview-3.0-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgtksourceview-3.0-common

How To Uninstall libgtksourceview-3.0-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgtksourceview-3.0-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgtksourceview-3.0-common

Uninstall libgtksourceview-3.0-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgtksourceview-3.0-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgtksourceview-3.0-common

Remove libgtksourceview-3.0-common Configurations and Data

To remove libgtksourceview-3.0-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgtksourceview-3.0-common

Remove libgtksourceview-3.0-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgtksourceview-3.0-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgtksourceview-3.0-common

Dependencies

libgtksourceview-3.0-common have the following dependencies:

References

• libgtksourceview-3.0-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgtksourceview-3.0-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.