How To Install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev on Kali Linux. libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev is Syntax highlighting Engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev

libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev is:

This is a stand-alone implementation of the Kate syntax highlighting engine. It’s meant as a building block for text editors as well as for simple highlighted text rendering (e.g. as HTML), supporting both integration with a custom editor as well as a ready-to-use QSyntaxHighlighter sub-class.

Contains development files for libkf5syntaxhighlighting5.

There are three methods to install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev 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 libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev

Install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev

Install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev 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 libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev

How To Uninstall libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev

Uninstall libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev

Remove libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev

Remove libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev

Dependencies

libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5syntaxhighlighting-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.