How To Install ninka on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ninka

ninka is:

Ninka is a lightweight license identification tool for source code. It is sentence-based, and provides a simple way to identify open source licenses in a source code file. It is capable of identifying several dozen different licenses (and their variations).

Ninka has been designed to be lightweight, fast and accurate.

This package contains the standard ninka application.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ninka

Install ninka Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ninka

Install ninka 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 ninka using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ninka

How To Uninstall ninka on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ninka

Uninstall ninka And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ninka

Remove ninka Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ninka

Remove ninka configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ninka

Dependencies

ninka have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• ninka website

Summary

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