How To Install meld on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install meld on Kali Linux. meld is graphical tool to diff and merge files

Introduction

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

What is meld

meld is:

Meld is a graphical diff viewer and merge application for the GNOME desktop. It supports 2 and 3-file diffs, recursive directory diffs, diffing of directories under version control (Bazaar, Codeville, CVS, Darcs, Fossil SCM, Git, Mercurial, Monotone, Subversion), as well as the ability to manually and automatically merge file differences.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install meld

Install meld Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install meld

Install meld 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 meld using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install meld

How To Uninstall meld on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove meld

Uninstall meld And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove meld

Remove meld Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge meld

Remove meld configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge meld

Dependencies

meld have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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