How To Install libt3highlight-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libt3highlight-dev on Kali Linux. libt3highlight-dev is Development files for libt3highlight

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libt3highlight-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libt3highlight-dev

libt3highlight-dev is:

The libt3highlight library provides functions for syntax-highlighting different types of text files. Its main design goal is an easily restartable syntax highlighting, suitable for use in interactive text editors.

To make the syntax highlighting restartable, libt3highlight uses a single integer start-of-line state. However, it does provide several advanced features, such as dynamic end-of-state patterns, which make it possible to highlight complex languages like Perl and Bash with high fidelity.

This package contains the header files to compile programs against libt3highlight.

There are three methods to install libt3highlight-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 libt3highlight-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 libt3highlight-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libt3highlight-dev

Install libt3highlight-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libt3highlight-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libt3highlight-dev

Install libt3highlight-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 libt3highlight-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libt3highlight-dev

How To Uninstall libt3highlight-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libt3highlight-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libt3highlight-dev

Uninstall libt3highlight-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libt3highlight-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libt3highlight-dev

Remove libt3highlight-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libt3highlight-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libt3highlight-dev

Remove libt3highlight-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libt3highlight-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libt3highlight-dev

Dependencies

libt3highlight-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libt3highlight-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.