How To Install amule-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install amule-common on Kali Linux. amule-common is common files for the rest of aMule packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install amule-common on Kali Linux.

What is amule-common

amule-common is:

This package contains localization files, webserver templates and GUI skins for aMule. You probably don’t want to install this package alone, but amule, amule-daemon or amule-utils-gui instead.

There are three methods to install amule-common 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 amule-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install amule-common

Install amule-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install amule-common

Install amule-common 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 amule-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install amule-common

How To Uninstall amule-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the amule-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove amule-common

Uninstall amule-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove amule-common

Remove amule-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge amule-common

Remove amule-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amule-common

Dependencies

amule-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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