How To Install vim-haproxy on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vim-haproxy

vim-haproxy is:

The vim-haproxy package provides filetype detection and syntax highlighting for HAProxy configuration files.

As per the Debian vim policy, installed addons are not activated automatically, but the “vim-addon-manager” tool can be used for this purpose.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vim-haproxy

Install vim-haproxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vim-haproxy

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

sudo aptitude -y install vim-haproxy

How To Uninstall vim-haproxy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vim-haproxy

Uninstall vim-haproxy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-haproxy

Remove vim-haproxy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-haproxy

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

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

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

Dependencies

vim-haproxy have the following dependencies:

References

• vim-haproxy website

Summary

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