How To Install e3 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install e3 on Kali Linux. e3 is very small text editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install e3 on Kali Linux.

What is e3

e3 is:

This package contains an editor you can call via the following links:

  • e3em: Emacs-like key bindings
  • e3vi: Vi-like key bindings
  • e3pi: Pico-like key bindings
  • e3ne: Nedit-like key bindings
  • e3ws: Wordstar-like key bindings

e3 has the following advantages over other editors:

  • it has no library dependencies
  • one very small binary (only 10 kB) that gives you 5 editors

There are three methods to install e3 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 e3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install e3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install e3

Install e3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install e3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install e3

Install e3 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 e3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install e3

How To Uninstall e3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the e3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove e3

Uninstall e3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall e3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove e3

Remove e3 Configurations and Data

To remove e3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge e3

Remove e3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove e3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge e3

Dependencies

e3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install e3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.