How To Install recollcmd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is recollcmd

recollcmd is:

This package contains command line programs for a personal full text search package recoll.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install recollcmd

Install recollcmd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install recollcmd

Install recollcmd 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 recollcmd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install recollcmd

How To Uninstall recollcmd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove recollcmd

Uninstall recollcmd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove recollcmd

Remove recollcmd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge recollcmd

Remove recollcmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge recollcmd

Dependencies

recollcmd have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libchm1
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6
• libx11-6
• libxapian30
• libxml2
• libxslt1.1
• zlib1g

References

• recollcmd website

Summary

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