How To Install weechat-matrix on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-matrix
on Kali Linux.
What is weechat-matrix
weechat-matrix is:
A Python plugin for Weechat that allows weechat to communicate over the Matrix protocol. Currently supports large parts of the Matrix protocol, but end-to-end encryption is still experimental.
Weechat is a fast and light chat client for many operating systems. Everything can be done with a keyboard
There are three methods to install weechat-matrix
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-matrix 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-matrix
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install weechat-matrix
Install weechat-matrix Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install weechat-matrix
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install weechat-matrix
Install weechat-matrix 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-matrix
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install weechat-matrix
How To Uninstall weechat-matrix on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the weechat-matrix
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove weechat-matrix
Uninstall weechat-matrix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall weechat-matrix
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove weechat-matrix
Remove weechat-matrix Configurations and Data
To remove weechat-matrix
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge weechat-matrix
Remove weechat-matrix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove weechat-matrix
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weechat-matrix
Dependencies
weechat-matrix have the following dependencies:
- python3-openssl
- python3-webcolors
- python3-future
- python3-atomicwrites
- python3-logbook
- python3-pygments
- python3-matrix-nio
- python3-aiohttp
- python3-magic
- python3-requests
- weechat
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-matrix
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.