How To Install atheme-services on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install atheme-services on Kali Linux. atheme-services is modular IRC services daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install atheme-services on Kali Linux.

What is atheme-services

atheme-services is:

atheme-services is a portable, secure set of open source, modular IRC services, designed to run on many IRC server implementations.

Unlike alternative packages, atheme-services’ core is minimalistic, providing only core functionality. atheme-services is a complete services set, excluding features designed for oper abuse.

There are three methods to install atheme-services 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 atheme-services Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install atheme-services

Install atheme-services Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install atheme-services

Install atheme-services 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 atheme-services using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install atheme-services

How To Uninstall atheme-services on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the atheme-services package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove atheme-services

Uninstall atheme-services And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove atheme-services

Remove atheme-services Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge atheme-services

Remove atheme-services configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atheme-services

Dependencies

atheme-services have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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