How To Install snap-templates on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install snap-templates on Kali Linux. snap-templates is scaffolding CLI for the Snap Framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install snap-templates on Kali Linux.

What is snap-templates

snap-templates is:

This is the Scaffolding CLI for the official Snap Framework libraries. It includes:

  • The “snap-framework” executable program for generating starter projects

To get started, issue the following sequence of commands:

$ apt-get install snap-templates $ mkdir myproject $ cd myproject $ snap-framework init

There are three methods to install snap-templates 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 snap-templates Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install snap-templates

Install snap-templates Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install snap-templates

Install snap-templates 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 snap-templates using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install snap-templates

How To Uninstall snap-templates on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the snap-templates package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove snap-templates

Uninstall snap-templates And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove snap-templates

Remove snap-templates Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge snap-templates

Remove snap-templates configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snap-templates

Dependencies

snap-templates have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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