How To Install scowl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is scowl

scowl is:

The SCOWL is a collection of word lists organized by word popularity, language, word class, and other factors. These lists can be combined in various ways (or used individually) for spell checking and similar purposes.

The Debian wamerican*, wbritish*, and wcanadian* wordlist packages are built from (appropriate collections of) these same lists. Install one (or more) of those packages if you want a comprehensive word list; install scowl if you (also) want to pick and choose the pieces that comprise those lists.

You can learn more about SCOWL (and other English word lists) at http://wordlist.sourceforge.net/

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install scowl

Install scowl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install scowl

Install scowl 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 scowl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scowl

How To Uninstall scowl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove scowl

Uninstall scowl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scowl

Remove scowl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge scowl

Remove scowl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scowl

Dependencies

scowl have the following dependencies:

References

• scowl website

Summary

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