How To Install vim-snippets on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vim-snippets

vim-snippets is:

This repository contains many different snippets files for various programming languages. Snipmate and UltiSnips formats are supported.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vim-snippets

Install vim-snippets Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vim-snippets

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

sudo aptitude -y install vim-snippets

How To Uninstall vim-snippets on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vim-snippets

Uninstall vim-snippets And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-snippets

Remove vim-snippets Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-snippets

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

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

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

Dependencies

vim-snippets have the following dependencies:

• vim
• vim-addon-manager

References

• vim-snippets website

Summary

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