How To Install vim-gtk on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vim-gtk

vim-gtk is:

This is a transitional package to install the vim-gtk3 package. You may remove this package if nothing depends on it.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vim-gtk

Install vim-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vim-gtk

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

sudo aptitude -y install vim-gtk

How To Uninstall vim-gtk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vim-gtk

Uninstall vim-gtk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-gtk

Remove vim-gtk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-gtk

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

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

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

Dependencies

vim-gtk have the following dependencies:

• vim-gtk3

References

• vim-gtk website

Summary

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