How To Install vim-poke on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-poke on Ubuntu.
What is vim-poke
vim-poke is:
GNU poke is an interactive, extensible editor for binary data. Not limited to editing basic entities such as bits and bytes, it provides a full-fledged procedural, interactive programming language designed to describe data structures and to operate on them.
This package contains VIM filetype detection and syntax highlighting for GNU poke files.
There are three methods to install vim-poke on Ubuntu. 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-poke 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-poke using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vim-poke
Install vim-poke Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-poke using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vim-poke
Install vim-poke Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vim-poke using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vim-poke
How To Uninstall vim-poke on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the vim-poke package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vim-poke
Uninstall vim-poke And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vim-poke and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-poke
Remove vim-poke Configurations and Data
To remove vim-poke configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vim-poke
Remove vim-poke configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vim-poke configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-poke
Dependencies
vim-poke have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-poke package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.