How To Install wordnet on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wordnet

wordnet is:

WordNet(C) is an on-line lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept. Different relations link the synonym sets.

WordNet was developed by the Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton University under the direction of Professor George A. Miller (Principal Investigator).

WordNet is considered to be the most important resource available to researchers in computational linguistics, text analysis, and many related areas.

Binary and manpages of WordNet as well as general manpages.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wordnet

Install wordnet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wordnet

Install wordnet 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 wordnet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wordnet

How To Uninstall wordnet on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wordnet

Uninstall wordnet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wordnet

Remove wordnet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wordnet

Remove wordnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wordnet

Dependencies

wordnet have the following dependencies:

• wordnet-base

References

• wordnet website

Summary

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