How To Install plocate on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plocate
on Kali Linux.
What is plocate
plocate is:
plocate is a locate(1) based on posting lists, giving much faster searches on a much smaller index. It is a drop-in replacement for mlocate in nearly all aspects, and is fast on SSDs and non-SSDs alike.
There are three methods to install plocate
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 plocate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plocate
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plocate
Install plocate Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plocate
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plocate
Install plocate 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 plocate
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plocate
How To Uninstall plocate on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the plocate
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plocate
Uninstall plocate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plocate
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plocate
Remove plocate Configurations and Data
To remove plocate
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plocate
Remove plocate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plocate
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plocate
Dependencies
plocate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plocate
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.