How To Install ircd-ircu on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ircd-ircu on Kali Linux.
What is ircd-ircu
ircd-ircu is:
This is ircu, the Undernet Internet Relay Chat daemon, which allows interactive character based communication between people connected to this server with IRC clients. It is based on the latest stable version which can be downloaded from http://coder-com.undernet.org/.
This version is compiled for network usage but it can also run standalone. You can modify its behaviour with reconfiguring/rebuilding.
There are three methods to install ircd-ircu 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 ircd-ircu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ircd-ircu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ircd-ircuInstall ircd-ircu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ircd-ircu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ircd-ircuInstall ircd-ircu 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ircd-ircu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ircd-ircuHow To Uninstall ircd-ircu on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ircd-ircu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ircd-ircuUninstall ircd-ircu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ircd-ircu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ircd-ircuRemove ircd-ircu Configurations and Data
To remove ircd-ircu configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ircd-ircuRemove ircd-ircu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ircd-ircu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ircd-ircuDependencies
ircd-ircu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ircd-ircu package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
