How To Install similarity-tester on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install similarity-tester
on Kali Linux.
What is similarity-tester
similarity-tester is:
Find lexical similarities in texts in C, C++, Java, Pascal, Modula-2, Lisp, Miranda and natural language. This can be used to detect potentially duplicated code fragments in large software projects and to detect plagiarism in software and text-based projects, educational and otherwise.
There are three methods to install similarity-tester
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 similarity-tester Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install similarity-tester
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install similarity-tester
Install similarity-tester Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install similarity-tester
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install similarity-tester
Install similarity-tester 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 similarity-tester
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install similarity-tester
How To Uninstall similarity-tester on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the similarity-tester
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove similarity-tester
Uninstall similarity-tester And Its Dependencies
To uninstall similarity-tester
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove similarity-tester
Remove similarity-tester Configurations and Data
To remove similarity-tester
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge similarity-tester
Remove similarity-tester configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove similarity-tester
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge similarity-tester
Dependencies
similarity-tester have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install similarity-tester
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.