How To Install datamash on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is datamash

datamash is:

GNU Datamash is a command-line program which performs basic numeric, textual and statistical operations on input textual data files. It is designed to be portable and reliable, and aid researchers to easily automate analysis pipelines, without writing code or even short scripts.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install datamash

Install datamash Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install datamash

Install datamash 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 datamash using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install datamash

How To Uninstall datamash on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove datamash

Uninstall datamash And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove datamash

Remove datamash Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge datamash

Remove datamash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge datamash

Dependencies

datamash have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• datamash website

Summary

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