How To Install visual-regexp on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install visual-regexp on Kali Linux.

What is visual-regexp

visual-regexp is:

This Tcl script shows the result of running a regular expression, making debugging relatively easy. It also assists in the construction of regular expressions.

There are three methods to install visual-regexp 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 visual-regexp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install visual-regexp

Install visual-regexp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install visual-regexp

Install visual-regexp 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 visual-regexp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install visual-regexp

How To Uninstall visual-regexp on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the visual-regexp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove visual-regexp

Uninstall visual-regexp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove visual-regexp

Remove visual-regexp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge visual-regexp

Remove visual-regexp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge visual-regexp

Dependencies

visual-regexp have the following dependencies:

• tclvfs
• tk

References

• visual-regexp website

Summary

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