How To Install xapian-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-tools on Kali Linux. xapian-tools is Basic tools for Xapian search engine library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-tools on Kali Linux.

What is xapian-tools

xapian-tools is:

This package contains several tools related to Xapian.

  • copydatabase: Copy one or more Xapian databases.
  • delve: Inspect the contents of a Xapian database.
  • quest: Command line search of a Xapian database.
  • xapian-check: Check the validity of a Xapian database.
  • xapian-compact: Compact a quartz database, or merge and compact several.
  • xapian-progsrv: stdin/stdout based server, for searching databases remotely.
  • xapian-tcpsrv: TCP based server, used for searching databases remotely.
  • xapian-replicate: Replication client.
  • xapian-replicate-server: Replication server.
  • xapian-metadata: Inspect or set user metadata in a database.

The Xapian search engine library is a highly adaptable toolkit which allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to their own applications. It implements the probabilistic model of information retrieval, and provides facilities for performing ranked free-text searches, relevance feedback, phrase searching, boolean searching, stemming, and simultaneous update and searching. It is highly scalable, and is capable of working with collections containing hundreds of millions of documents.

There are three methods to install xapian-tools 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 xapian-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xapian-tools

Install xapian-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xapian-tools

Install xapian-tools 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 xapian-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xapian-tools

How To Uninstall xapian-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xapian-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xapian-tools

Uninstall xapian-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xapian-tools

Remove xapian-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xapian-tools

Remove xapian-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xapian-tools

Dependencies

xapian-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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