How To Install searchmonkey on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install searchmonkey on Kali Linux.
What is searchmonkey
searchmonkey is:
SearchMonkey is a light-weight Gtk application that aims to replace the cumbersome find/grep with a slick user interface that quickly provides a mark-up showing locations and quantity of text matches. The goal is to provide a simple to use and accessible search tool for end-users, and software developers alike.
There are three methods to install searchmonkey 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 searchmonkey Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install searchmonkey using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install searchmonkeyInstall searchmonkey Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install searchmonkey using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install searchmonkeyInstall searchmonkey 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install searchmonkey using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install searchmonkeyHow To Uninstall searchmonkey on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the searchmonkey package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove searchmonkeyUninstall searchmonkey And Its Dependencies
To uninstall searchmonkey and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove searchmonkeyRemove searchmonkey Configurations and Data
To remove searchmonkey configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge searchmonkeyRemove searchmonkey configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove searchmonkey configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge searchmonkeyDependencies
searchmonkey have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libpoppler-glib8
- libzip4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install searchmonkey package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
