How To Install toot on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install toot on Kali Linux. toot is mastodon cli client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install toot on Kali Linux.

What is toot

toot is:

This client allows you to access mastodon servers from the command line.

You can authenticate, toot, follow, unfollow, mute, block, unblock, search and more.

It also contains an experimental curses client.

There are three methods to install toot 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 toot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install toot

Install toot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install toot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install toot

Install toot 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 toot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install toot

How To Uninstall toot on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the toot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove toot

Uninstall toot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove toot

Remove toot Configurations and Data

To remove toot configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge toot

Remove toot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge toot

Dependencies

toot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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