How To Install vim-editorconfig on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-editorconfig on Kali Linux. vim-editorconfig is EditorConfig Plugin for Vim

Introduction

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

What is vim-editorconfig

vim-editorconfig is:

EditorConfig helps developers define and maintain consistent coding styles for their projects for different editors and IDEs. The EditorConfig project consists of a file format for defining coding styles and a collection of text editor plugins that enable editors to read the file format and adhere to defined styles. EditorConfig files are easily readibly and they work nicely with version control systems.

The EditorConfig Vim plugin supports the following EditorConfig properties:

  • indent_style
  • indent_size
  • tab_width
  • end_of_line
  • charset
  • insert_final_newline
  • trim_trailing_whitespace
  • max_line_length
  • root (only used by EditorConfig core)

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

sudo apt-get -y install vim-editorconfig

Install vim-editorconfig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vim-editorconfig

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

sudo aptitude -y install vim-editorconfig

How To Uninstall vim-editorconfig on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vim-editorconfig

Uninstall vim-editorconfig And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-editorconfig

Remove vim-editorconfig Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-editorconfig

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

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

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

Dependencies

vim-editorconfig have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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