How To Install vim-puppet on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vim-puppet

vim-puppet is:

The vim-puppet package provides filetype detection and syntax highlighting for puppet manifests (files ending with “.pp”).

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-puppet 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-puppet 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-puppet using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vim-puppet

Install vim-puppet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vim-puppet

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

sudo aptitude -y install vim-puppet

How To Uninstall vim-puppet on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vim-puppet

Uninstall vim-puppet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-puppet

Remove vim-puppet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-puppet

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

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

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

Dependencies

vim-puppet have the following dependencies:

• vim
• vim-addon-manager

References

• vim-puppet website

Summary

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