How To Install antiword on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is antiword

antiword is:

Antiword is a free MS Word reader.

It converts the binary files from MS Word 2, 6, 7, 97, 2000 and 2003 to text,
Postscript, PDF and XML.

Note that it doesn’t support the XML-based formats which newer MS Word
versions produce by default (.docx).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install antiword

Install antiword Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install antiword

Install antiword 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 antiword using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install antiword

How To Uninstall antiword on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove antiword

Uninstall antiword And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove antiword

Remove antiword Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge antiword

Remove antiword configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge antiword

Dependencies

antiword have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• antiword website

Summary

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