How To Install getdata on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is getdata

getdata is:

Many scientific communities share the problem of regularly updating external databases. With every update, also various tasks need to be performed for the update of indices that need to be recreated. This work depends on the tools that are available locally and is not always completely simple.

This package provides the getData Perl script, which in some not so complicated manner performs the invocation to wget to download data and then knows how to perform the indexing. There is only a hash table to be filled with the commands to be executed. Maintainers of scientific packages that are strongly coupled to public datasets are invited to add a runtime dependency to this package and add instructions for getData to follow.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install getdata

Install getdata Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install getdata

Install getdata 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 getdata using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install getdata

How To Uninstall getdata on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove getdata

Uninstall getdata And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove getdata

Remove getdata Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge getdata

Remove getdata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge getdata

Dependencies

getdata have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• getdata website

Summary

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