How To Install python3-xapian-haystack on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xapian-haystack on Kali Linux. python3-xapian-haystack is Xapian backend for Django-Haystack (Python3 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xapian-haystack on Kali Linux.

What is python3-xapian-haystack

python3-xapian-haystack is:

Xapian-haystack is a backend of Django-Haystack for the Xapian search engine. It provides all the standard features of Haystack:

  • Weighting
  • Faceted search (date, query, etc.)
  • Sorting
  • Spelling suggestions
  • EdgeNGram and Ngram (for autocomplete) The endswith search operation is not supported.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python3-xapian-haystack 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 python3-xapian-haystack Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-xapian-haystack using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-xapian-haystack

Install python3-xapian-haystack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-xapian-haystack using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-xapian-haystack

Install python3-xapian-haystack 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 python3-xapian-haystack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-xapian-haystack

How To Uninstall python3-xapian-haystack on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-xapian-haystack package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-xapian-haystack

Uninstall python3-xapian-haystack And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-xapian-haystack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-xapian-haystack

Remove python3-xapian-haystack Configurations and Data

To remove python3-xapian-haystack configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-xapian-haystack

Remove python3-xapian-haystack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-xapian-haystack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-xapian-haystack

Dependencies

python3-xapian-haystack have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xapian-haystack package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.