How to Install and Uninstall locate Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "locate" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install locate on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                locate
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "locate" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall locate on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                locate
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the locate package on Kali Linux

Package: locate
Source: findutils
Version: 4.9.0-5
Installed-Size: 374
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Architecture: amd64
Depends: findutils (>> 4.2.31-1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Size: 240012
SHA256: f9971f661e1f0e1debe3e8474bcfbbe90343c69a7085ce92da25c627c1f129f4
SHA1: 62c38c6275ecd4331f8872a5b5e36a5251a24cfe
MD5sum: 812071e81e1a18aef064a042a84ee1a2
Description: maintain and query an index of a directory tree
updatedb generates an index of files and directories. GNU locate can be used
to quickly query this index.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Cnf-Ignore-Commands: locate
Tag: implemented-in::c, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::program, use::searching
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/findutils/locate_4.9.0-5_amd64.deb