How To Install libsource-highlight-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsource-highlight-common on Kali Linux.

What is libsource-highlight-common

libsource-highlight-common is:

This package contains the data files used by the libsource-highlight library, which is the library that underlies the source-highlight program suite. The library converts source code to a document with syntax highlighting and supports many file formats. The library can be used by other C++ programs to get source code highlighting capabilities.

There are three methods to install libsource-highlight-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 libsource-highlight-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 libsource-highlight-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsource-highlight-common

Install libsource-highlight-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsource-highlight-common

Install libsource-highlight-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 libsource-highlight-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsource-highlight-common

How To Uninstall libsource-highlight-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsource-highlight-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsource-highlight-common

Uninstall libsource-highlight-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsource-highlight-common

Remove libsource-highlight-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsource-highlight-common

Remove libsource-highlight-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsource-highlight-common

Dependencies

libsource-highlight-common have the following dependencies:

References

• libsource-highlight-common website

Summary

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