How to Install and Uninstall recoll Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "recoll" package

Please follow the guidance below to install recoll on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall recoll on Kali Linux:


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

Package: recoll
Version: 1.36.1-1
Installed-Size: 86
Maintainer: Kartik Mistry
Architecture: all
Depends: recollcmd, recollgui
Size: 78456
SHA256: e92b167591fae32e296cdafeb69c64a9bbe5150cbcbba32aa668523c21376e00
SHA1: 0b85ca8d6420b09f2690735489113062addd3bef
MD5sum: e789d8b779aad9bcf3243227c0098319
Description: Personal full text search package
This package is a personal full text search package is based on a very strong
backend (Xapian), for which it provides an easy to use and feature-rich
interface.
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Features:
* Qt-based GUI.
* Supports the following document types (and their compressed versions).
- Natively: text, html, OpenOffice files, maildir and mailbox (Mozilla and
IceDove mail) with attachments, pidgin log files.
- With external helpers: pdf (pdftotext), postscript (ghostscript), msword
(antiword), excel, rtf (unrtf).
* Powerful query facilities, with boolean searches, phrases, filter on file
types and directory tree.
* Support for multiple charsets, Internal processing and storage uses Unicode
UTF-8.
* Stemming performed at query time (can switch stemming language after
indexing).
* Easy installation. No database daemon, web server or exotic language
necessary.
* An indexer which runs either as a thread inside the GUI or as an external,
cron'able program.
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This metapackage installs recoll GUI and commandline tools.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, scope::application, uitoolkit::qt, use::searching,
works-with-format::html, works-with-format::pdf,
works-with-format::plaintext, works-with-format::postscript,
works-with::text, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/recoll/recoll_1.36.1-1_all.deb