How To Install uncrustify on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is uncrustify

uncrustify is:

Uncrustify is a highly configurable source code formatter. It aligns preprocessor define’s, assignments, arithmetics and is able to fix spacing between operators.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install uncrustify

Install uncrustify Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install uncrustify

Install uncrustify 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 uncrustify using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install uncrustify

How To Uninstall uncrustify on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove uncrustify

Uninstall uncrustify And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove uncrustify

Remove uncrustify Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge uncrustify

Remove uncrustify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uncrustify

Dependencies

uncrustify have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• uncrustify website

Summary

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