How To Install gobby on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gobby on Kali Linux. gobby is infinote-based collaborative text editor

Introduction

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

What is gobby

gobby is:

Gobby is an editor which allows one to edit text documents and source files collaboratively over a network. All users could work on the file simultaneously without the need to lock it. The parts the various users write are highlighted in different colours and it supports syntax highlighting of various programming and markup languages.

Gobby is portable to both Windows and Unix-like platforms and makes use of the Gtk+ toolkit. A dedicated server is available in the infinoted package.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gobby

Install gobby Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gobby

Install gobby 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 gobby using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gobby

How To Uninstall gobby on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gobby

Uninstall gobby And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gobby

Remove gobby Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gobby

Remove gobby configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gobby

Dependencies

gobby have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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