How To Install textedit.app on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install textedit.app on Kali Linux.
What is textedit.app
textedit.app is:
TextEdit is a relatively basic text editor. It handles plain text, RTF, and RTFD has a nice “Wrap to Page” mode, has search/replace functionality, and can display any file as text.
There are three methods to install textedit.app 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 textedit.app Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install textedit.app using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install textedit.appInstall textedit.app Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install textedit.app using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install textedit.appInstall textedit.app 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install textedit.app using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install textedit.appHow To Uninstall textedit.app on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the textedit.app package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove textedit.appUninstall textedit.app And Its Dependencies
To uninstall textedit.app and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove textedit.appRemove textedit.app Configurations and Data
To remove textedit.app configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge textedit.appRemove textedit.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove textedit.app configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge textedit.appDependencies
textedit.app have the following dependencies:
- gnustep-back0.28
- gnustep-base-runtime
- gnustep-gui-runtime
- libc6
- libgnustep-base1.27
- libgnustep-gui0.28
- libobjc4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install textedit.app package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.