How To Install vim-icinga2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-icinga2 on Kali Linux.

What is vim-icinga2

vim-icinga2 is:

The vim-icinga2 package provides filetype detection and syntax highlighting for Icinga 2 config 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-icinga2 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-icinga2 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-icinga2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vim-icinga2

Install vim-icinga2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vim-icinga2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vim-icinga2

Install vim-icinga2 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-icinga2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vim-icinga2

How To Uninstall vim-icinga2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vim-icinga2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vim-icinga2

Uninstall vim-icinga2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vim-icinga2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-icinga2

Remove vim-icinga2 Configurations and Data

To remove vim-icinga2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-icinga2

Remove vim-icinga2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vim-icinga2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-icinga2

Dependencies

vim-icinga2 have the following dependencies:

References

• vim-icinga2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-icinga2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.