How To Install bibclean on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bibclean

bibclean is:

This is a pretty-printer and syntax-checker for bibliographic databases in the BibTeX format. It is a useful tool for canonicalizing the layout of personal bibliographies with entries fetched from many different sources.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bibclean

Install bibclean Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bibclean

Install bibclean 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 bibclean using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bibclean

How To Uninstall bibclean on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bibclean

Uninstall bibclean And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bibclean

Remove bibclean Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bibclean

Remove bibclean configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bibclean

Dependencies

bibclean have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• bibclean website

Summary

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