How To Install parsewiki on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is parsewiki

parsewiki is:

Perl script that can be used to produce HTML, XHTML, Latex or DocBook/XML from a simple ASCII text source document, with minimum syntax rules.

The text markup is quite simple and allows us to create documents in an easy and fast way.

The tool is not suitable for complex documents, but can be used to create an initial version which can be further developed working on the generated LaTeX or DocBook file.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install parsewiki

Install parsewiki Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install parsewiki

Install parsewiki 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 parsewiki using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install parsewiki

How To Uninstall parsewiki on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove parsewiki

Uninstall parsewiki And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove parsewiki

Remove parsewiki Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge parsewiki

Remove parsewiki configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge parsewiki

Dependencies

parsewiki have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• parsewiki website

Summary

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