How To Install simstring-bin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install simstring-bin on Kali Linux.

What is simstring-bin

simstring-bin is:

simstring command provides building a database from corpus text file. And it can find similar words specified string from the built database using the command or template library.

There are three methods to install simstring-bin 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 simstring-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install simstring-bin

Install simstring-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install simstring-bin

Install simstring-bin 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 simstring-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install simstring-bin

How To Uninstall simstring-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the simstring-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove simstring-bin

Uninstall simstring-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove simstring-bin

Remove simstring-bin Configurations and Data

To remove simstring-bin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge simstring-bin

Remove simstring-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge simstring-bin

Dependencies

simstring-bin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• simstring-bin website

Summary

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