How To Install arcanist-clang-format-linter on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install arcanist-clang-format-linter on Kali Linux. arcanist-clang-format-linter is clang-format linter for Arcanist

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arcanist-clang-format-linter on Kali Linux.

What is arcanist-clang-format-linter

arcanist-clang-format-linter is:

This package allows to use clang-format as a linter for arcanist to enforce style over a C/C++/Objective-C codebase.

There are three methods to install arcanist-clang-format-linter 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 arcanist-clang-format-linter Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install arcanist-clang-format-linter using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install arcanist-clang-format-linter

Install arcanist-clang-format-linter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install arcanist-clang-format-linter using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install arcanist-clang-format-linter

Install arcanist-clang-format-linter 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 arcanist-clang-format-linter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install arcanist-clang-format-linter

How To Uninstall arcanist-clang-format-linter on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the arcanist-clang-format-linter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove arcanist-clang-format-linter

Uninstall arcanist-clang-format-linter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall arcanist-clang-format-linter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove arcanist-clang-format-linter

Remove arcanist-clang-format-linter Configurations and Data

To remove arcanist-clang-format-linter configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge arcanist-clang-format-linter

Remove arcanist-clang-format-linter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove arcanist-clang-format-linter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arcanist-clang-format-linter

Dependencies

arcanist-clang-format-linter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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