How To Install glimpse on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is glimpse

glimpse is:

Glimpse, which stands for GLobal IMPlicit SEarch, is a very popular UNIX indexing and query system that allows you to search through a large set of files very quickly. Glimpse supports most of agrep’s options (agrep is our powerful version of grep) including approximate matching (e.g., finding misspelled words), Boolean queries, and even some limited forms of regular expressions.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install glimpse

Install glimpse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install glimpse

Install glimpse 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 glimpse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install glimpse

How To Uninstall glimpse on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove glimpse

Uninstall glimpse And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glimpse

Remove glimpse Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge glimpse

Remove glimpse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glimpse

Dependencies

glimpse have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• glimpse website

Summary

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