How To Install vile on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vile

vile is:

vile is a text editor which is extremely compatible with vi in terms of ``finger feel’’. In addition, it has extended capabilities in many areas, notably multi-file editing and viewing, syntax highlighting, key rebinding, an optional embedded perl interpreter, and real X window system support.

This package contains the character-mode binary. Required support files are contained in vile-common. Source code highlighting filters are in vile-filters. An X11 binary is in the xvile package.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vile

Install vile Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vile

Install vile 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 vile using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vile

How To Uninstall vile on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vile

Uninstall vile And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vile

Remove vile Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vile

Remove vile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vile

Dependencies

vile have the following dependencies:

• vile-common
• libc6
• libcrypt1

References

• vile website

Summary

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