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:
References
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
.