How To Install pidgin-guifications on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-guifications on Kali Linux.
What is pidgin-guifications
pidgin-guifications is:
Guifications are notifications windows styled after those found in msn, deadaim, and newer version of aim, yahoo instant messenger, and a lot of other applications. The notifications are user customizable/themable and a few example themes ship in the package.
There are three methods to install pidgin-guifications 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 pidgin-guifications Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pidgin-guifications using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pidgin-guificationsInstall pidgin-guifications Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pidgin-guifications using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pidgin-guificationsInstall pidgin-guifications 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 pidgin-guifications using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pidgin-guificationsHow To Uninstall pidgin-guifications on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pidgin-guifications package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pidgin-guificationsUninstall pidgin-guifications And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pidgin-guifications and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pidgin-guificationsRemove pidgin-guifications Configurations and Data
To remove pidgin-guifications configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pidgin-guificationsRemove pidgin-guifications configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pidgin-guifications configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pidgin-guificationsDependencies
pidgin-guifications have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libpurple0
- pidgin
- pidgin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-guifications package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
