How To Install codesearch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is codesearch

codesearch is:

Code Search is a tool for indexing and then performing regular expression searches over large bodies of source code. It is a set of command-line programs written in Go.

For background and an overview of the commands, see Regular Expression Matching with a Trigram Index: http://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp4.html

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install codesearch

Install codesearch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install codesearch

Install codesearch 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 codesearch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install codesearch

How To Uninstall codesearch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove codesearch

Uninstall codesearch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove codesearch

Remove codesearch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge codesearch

Remove codesearch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge codesearch

Dependencies

codesearch have the following dependencies:

References

• codesearch website

Summary

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