How To Install rtags on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rtags

rtags is:

RTags is a client/server application that indexes C/C++ code and keeps a persistent file-based database of references, declarations, definitions, symbolnames etc. There??s also limited support for ObjC/ObjC++. It allows you to find symbols by name (including nested class and namespace scope). Most importantly it gives you proper follow-symbol and find-references support. It also have neat little things like rename-symbol, integration with clang??s ??fixits?? (https://clang.llvm.org/diagnostics.html).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rtags

Install rtags Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rtags

Install rtags 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 rtags using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rtags

How To Uninstall rtags on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rtags

Uninstall rtags And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rtags

Remove rtags Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rtags

Remove rtags configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rtags

Dependencies

rtags have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• libc6
• libclang1-11

References

• rtags website

Summary

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