How To Install groonga-tokenizer-mecab on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install groonga-tokenizer-mecab on Kali Linux.

What is groonga-tokenizer-mecab

groonga-tokenizer-mecab is:

Groonga is an open-source fulltext search engine and column store. It lets you write high-performance applications that requires fulltext search.

This package provides MeCab tokenizer.

There are three methods to install groonga-tokenizer-mecab 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 groonga-tokenizer-mecab Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install groonga-tokenizer-mecab

Install groonga-tokenizer-mecab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install groonga-tokenizer-mecab using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install groonga-tokenizer-mecab

Install groonga-tokenizer-mecab 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 groonga-tokenizer-mecab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install groonga-tokenizer-mecab

How To Uninstall groonga-tokenizer-mecab on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the groonga-tokenizer-mecab package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove groonga-tokenizer-mecab

Uninstall groonga-tokenizer-mecab And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove groonga-tokenizer-mecab

Remove groonga-tokenizer-mecab Configurations and Data

To remove groonga-tokenizer-mecab configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge groonga-tokenizer-mecab

Remove groonga-tokenizer-mecab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove groonga-tokenizer-mecab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge groonga-tokenizer-mecab

Dependencies

groonga-tokenizer-mecab have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgroonga0
• libmecab2
• mecab-naist-jdic

References

• groonga-tokenizer-mecab website

Summary

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