How To Install libxapian30 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapian30 on Kali Linux. libxapian30 is Search engine library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapian30 on Kali Linux.

What is libxapian30

libxapian30 is:

This package contains the core Xapian runtime library.

The Xapian search engine library is a highly adaptable toolkit which allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to their own applications. It implements the probabilistic model of information retrieval, and provides facilities for performing ranked free-text searches, relevance feedback, phrase searching, boolean searching, stemming, and simultaneous update and searching. It is highly scalable, and is capable of working with collections containing hundreds of millions of documents.

There are three methods to install libxapian30 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 libxapian30 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxapian30 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxapian30

Install libxapian30 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxapian30 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxapian30

Install libxapian30 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 libxapian30 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxapian30

How To Uninstall libxapian30 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxapian30 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxapian30

Uninstall libxapian30 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxapian30 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxapian30

Remove libxapian30 Configurations and Data

To remove libxapian30 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxapian30

Remove libxapian30 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxapian30 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxapian30

Dependencies

libxapian30 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapian30 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.