How To Install pidgin-privacy-please on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-privacy-please on Kali Linux.
What is pidgin-privacy-please
pidgin-privacy-please is:
pidgin privacy please is a pidgin plugin to stop spammers from annoying you. You can block messages from certain users, block messages from people who are not on your contact list and suppress repeated authorization requests. Optionally, senders of blocked messages can be notified with an auto-reply.
There are three methods to install pidgin-privacy-please 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-privacy-please Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pidgin-privacy-please using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pidgin-privacy-pleaseInstall pidgin-privacy-please Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pidgin-privacy-please using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pidgin-privacy-pleaseInstall pidgin-privacy-please 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-privacy-please using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pidgin-privacy-pleaseHow To Uninstall pidgin-privacy-please on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pidgin-privacy-please package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pidgin-privacy-pleaseUninstall pidgin-privacy-please And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pidgin-privacy-please and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pidgin-privacy-pleaseRemove pidgin-privacy-please Configurations and Data
To remove pidgin-privacy-please configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pidgin-privacy-pleaseRemove pidgin-privacy-please configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pidgin-privacy-please configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pidgin-privacy-pleaseDependencies
pidgin-privacy-please 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-privacy-please package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
