How To Install vim-ultisnips on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-ultisnips on Kali Linux. vim-ultisnips is snippet solution for Vim

Introduction

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

What is vim-ultisnips

vim-ultisnips is:

UltiSnips provides snippet management for the Vim editor. A snippet is a short piece of text that is either re-used often or contains a lot of redundant text. UltiSnips allows you to insert a snippet with only a few key strokes. Snippets are common in structured text like source code but can also be used for general editing like, for example, inserting a signature in an email or inserting the current date in a text file.

This plugin can utilize the snippets provided by the vim-snippets package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vim-ultisnips

Install vim-ultisnips Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vim-ultisnips

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

sudo aptitude -y install vim-ultisnips

How To Uninstall vim-ultisnips on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vim-ultisnips

Uninstall vim-ultisnips And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-ultisnips

Remove vim-ultisnips Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-ultisnips

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

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

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

Dependencies

vim-ultisnips have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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