How To Install docknot on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is docknot

docknot is:

DocKnot is a system for generating consistent human-readable software package documentation from a YAML metadata file and templates. The goal is to generate both web pages and distributed documentation files (such as README) from the same source, using templates for consistency across multiple packages. DocKnot also automates generating distribution tarballs for software packages.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install docknot

Install docknot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install docknot

Install docknot 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 docknot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install docknot

How To Uninstall docknot on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove docknot

Uninstall docknot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove docknot

Remove docknot Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge docknot

Remove docknot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge docknot

Dependencies

docknot have the following dependencies:

• libfile-basedir-perl
• libfile-sharedir-perl
• libio-compress-lzma-perl
• libipc-run-perl
• libipc-system-simple-perl
• libjson-maybexs-perl
• liblist-someutils-perl
• libperl6-slurp-perl
• libtemplate-perl
• libyaml-libyaml-perl
• pkwalify
• perl

References

• docknot website

Summary

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