How To Install mle on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mle on Kali Linux. mle is flexible terminal-based editor

Introduction

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

What is mle

mle is:

mle is a small, flexible, terminal-based text editor written in C. Notable features include: full Unicode support, syntax highlighting, scriptable rc file, macros, search and replace (PCRE), window splitting, multiple cursors, and integration with various shell commands.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mle

Install mle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mle

Install mle 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 mle using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mle

How To Uninstall mle on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mle

Uninstall mle And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mle

Remove mle Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mle

Remove mle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mle

Dependencies

mle have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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