How To Install vim on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vim

vim is:

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

Many new features have been added: multi level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history, on-line help, filename completion, block operations, folding, Unicode support, etc.

This package contains a version of vim compiled with a rather standard set of features. This package does not provide a GUI version of Vim. See the other vim-* packages if you need more (or less).

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

sudo apt-get -y install vim

Install vim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vim

Install vim 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vim

How To Uninstall vim on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vim

Uninstall vim And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim

Remove vim Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vim

Remove vim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim

Dependencies

vim have the following dependencies:

• vim-common

References

• vim website

Summary

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