How To Install purple-lurch on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-lurch on Kali Linux. purple-lurch is XEP-0384 OMEMO Encryption plugin for libpurple

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-lurch on Kali Linux.

What is purple-lurch

purple-lurch is:

OMEMO is an XMPP Extension Protocl (XEP) for secure multi-client end-to-end encryption. It is based on Double Ratched and PEP.

This package contains the plugin for libpurple clients.

There are three methods to install purple-lurch 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 purple-lurch Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install purple-lurch using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install purple-lurch

Install purple-lurch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install purple-lurch using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install purple-lurch

Install purple-lurch 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install purple-lurch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install purple-lurch

How To Uninstall purple-lurch on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the purple-lurch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove purple-lurch

Uninstall purple-lurch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall purple-lurch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove purple-lurch

Remove purple-lurch Configurations and Data

To remove purple-lurch configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge purple-lurch

Remove purple-lurch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove purple-lurch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge purple-lurch

Dependencies

purple-lurch have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-lurch package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.