How To Install libsword-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsword-utils on Kali Linux.
What is libsword-utils
libsword-utils is:
The SWORD Project is an open source, cross-platform (Linux, Windows, Solaris, MacOSX etc.) API/library for Bible software with a constantly growing list of front-ends (GUI, textmode, web-based, etc.) and a library of over 200 text modules.
This package contains utilities to convert documents in various formats into those suitable to be used with SWORD library.
There are three methods to install libsword-utils 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 libsword-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libsword-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsword-utilsInstall libsword-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libsword-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsword-utilsInstall libsword-utils 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libsword-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsword-utilsHow To Uninstall libsword-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libsword-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsword-utilsUninstall libsword-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsword-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsword-utilsRemove libsword-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libsword-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsword-utilsRemove libsword-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsword-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsword-utilsDependencies
libsword-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsword-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.