How To Install vera on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vera

vera is:

The free edition of V.E.R.A. - Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms - is a comprehensive dictionary of computer related acronyms with more than 11800 entries. This package contains the dictionary formatted as a single info file.

Note that this version is usually older than the one that is run on the V.E.R.A. homepage.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vera

Install vera Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vera

Install vera 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 vera using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vera

How To Uninstall vera on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vera

Uninstall vera And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vera

Remove vera Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vera

Remove vera configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vera

Dependencies

vera have the following dependencies:

• info

References

• vera website

Summary

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