How To Install weechat-curses on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-curses on Kali Linux. weechat-curses is Fast, light and extensible chat client - console client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-curses on Kali Linux.

What is weechat-curses

weechat-curses is:

WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a fast and light chat client for many operating systems. Everything can be done with a keyboard. It is customizable and extensible with plugins/scripts, and includes:

  • support of IRC protocol (native)
  • support of XMPP/Jabber protocol (with additional script)
  • nicklist
  • smart hotlist
  • horizontal and vertical split
  • double charset support (decode/encode)
  • FIFO pipe for remote control
  • 256 colors support
  • incremental text search
  • dynamic filtering of buffer content
  • Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua, Tcl, Scheme and PHP scripting
  • script manager
  • spell checking
  • highly customizable and extensible
  • and much more!

This package provides the console client (ncurses).

There are three methods to install weechat-curses 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 weechat-curses Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install weechat-curses

Install weechat-curses Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install weechat-curses

Install weechat-curses 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 weechat-curses using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install weechat-curses

How To Uninstall weechat-curses on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the weechat-curses package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove weechat-curses

Uninstall weechat-curses And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove weechat-curses

Remove weechat-curses Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge weechat-curses

Remove weechat-curses configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weechat-curses

Dependencies

weechat-curses have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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