How To Install vim-airline on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-airline on Kali Linux. vim-airline is Lean & mean status/tabline for vim thats light as air

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-airline on Kali Linux.

What is vim-airline

vim-airline is:

vim-airline provides a themable vim status bar that makes use of the powerline font. It’s similar to vim-powerline, but is much simpler since it uses pure vim configuration instead of scripting languages.

Some of its features:

  • Tiny core written with extensibility in mind
  • Integrates with a variety of vim plugins
  • Looks good with regular fonts and provides configuration points so you can use unicode or powerline symbols
  • Optimized for speed; it typically loads in under a millisecond

To use the powerline fonts, add the following lines to your .vimrc: let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1

To enable the top bar, you can add the following to your .vimrc: let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled = 1

There are three methods to install vim-airline 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 vim-airline Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vim-airline

Install vim-airline Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vim-airline

Install vim-airline 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 vim-airline using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vim-airline

How To Uninstall vim-airline on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vim-airline package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vim-airline

Uninstall vim-airline And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-airline

Remove vim-airline Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-airline

Remove vim-airline configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-airline

Dependencies

vim-airline have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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