How To Install kate on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is kate

kate is:

Kate is a powerful text editor that can open multiple files simultaneously.

With a built-in terminal, syntax highlighting, and tabbed sidebar, it performs as a lightweight but capable development environment. Kate’s many tools, plugins, and scripts make it highly customizable.

Kate’s features include:

• Multiple saved sessions, each with numerous files
• Scriptable syntax highlighting, indentation, and code-folding
• Configurable templates and text snippets
• Symbol viewers for C, C++, and Python
• XML completion and validation

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kate

Install kate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kate

Install kate 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 kate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kate

How To Uninstall kate on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kate

Uninstall kate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kate

Remove kate Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kate

Remove kate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kate

Dependencies

kate have the following dependencies:

• kate5-data

References

• kate website

Summary

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