How To Install vim-nox on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vim-nox

vim-nox 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 support for scripting with Lua, Perl, Python 3, Ruby, and Tcl but no GUI.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vim-nox

Install vim-nox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vim-nox

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

sudo aptitude -y install vim-nox

How To Uninstall vim-nox on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vim-nox

Uninstall vim-nox And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-nox

Remove vim-nox Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-nox

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

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

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

Dependencies

vim-nox have the following dependencies:

• vim-common

References

• vim-nox website

Summary

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