How To Install groonga-bin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install groonga-bin on Kali Linux.

What is groonga-bin

groonga-bin is:

Groonga is an open-source fulltext search engine and column store. It lets you write high-performance applications that requires fulltext search.

This package provides ‘groonga’ command.

There are three methods to install groonga-bin 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 groonga-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install groonga-bin

Install groonga-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install groonga-bin

Install groonga-bin 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 groonga-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install groonga-bin

How To Uninstall groonga-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the groonga-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove groonga-bin

Uninstall groonga-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove groonga-bin

Remove groonga-bin Configurations and Data

To remove groonga-bin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge groonga-bin

Remove groonga-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge groonga-bin

Dependencies

groonga-bin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgroonga0

References

• groonga-bin website

Summary

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