How To Install vim-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vim-common

vim-common is:

Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.

This package contains files shared by all non GUI-enabled vim variants available in Debian. Examples of such shared files are: manpages and configuration files.

There are three methods to install vim-common 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-common 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-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vim-common

Install vim-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vim-common

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

sudo aptitude -y install vim-common

How To Uninstall vim-common on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vim-common

Uninstall vim-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-common

Remove vim-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-common

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

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

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

Dependencies

vim-common have the following dependencies:

• xxd

References

• vim-common website

Summary

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