Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssed
on Kali Linux.
What is ssed
ssed is:
Super sed reads the specified files or the standard input if no files are
specified, makes editing changes according to a list of commands, and
writes the results to the standard output.
Super sed is an enhanced version of GNU sed 3.02. Relative to 3.02, there
are several new features (including in-place editing of files, extended
regular expression syntax and a few new commands) and some bug fixes.
There are three methods to install ssed
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 ssed Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ssed
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ssed
Install ssed Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ssed
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ssed
Install ssed 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 ssed
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ssed
How To Uninstall ssed on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ssed
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ssed
Uninstall ssed And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ssed
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssed
Remove ssed Configurations and Data
To remove ssed
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ssed
Remove ssed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ssed
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssed
Dependencies
ssed have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssed
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.