How To Install valadoc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install valadoc on Kali Linux. valadoc is API documentation generator for vala

Introduction

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

What is valadoc

valadoc is:

Valadoc is a documentation generator for generating API documentation in HTML format from Vala source code. It can be used for *.vala and *.vapi files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install valadoc

Install valadoc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install valadoc

Install valadoc 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 valadoc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install valadoc

How To Uninstall valadoc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove valadoc

Uninstall valadoc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove valadoc

Remove valadoc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge valadoc

Remove valadoc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge valadoc

Dependencies

valadoc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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