How To Install swath on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is swath

swath is:

Swath is a general-purpose utility for analyzing word boundaries in Thai
text and inserting predefined word delimiter codes. It can be used as a
filter for Thai LaTeX files so the lines are wrapped properly when processed
with babel-thai macros. Other formats that swath can also handle include
HTML, RTF and plain text.

This package contains the swath program.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install swath

Install swath Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install swath

Install swath 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 swath using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install swath

How To Uninstall swath on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove swath

Uninstall swath And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove swath

Remove swath Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge swath

Remove swath configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swath

Dependencies

swath have the following dependencies:

• swath-data
• libc6
• libdatrie1
• libgcc1

References

• swath website

Summary

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