How To Install away on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install away on Kali Linux.
What is away
away is:
Away is a simple program that locks your terminal, checks for new mail in any given number of mailboxes, and lets others know why you are inactive.
Away puts the message specified why your are away into the output of the ‘w’ command, so that users looking for you can see that and why you are away (and not only idle for some time)
Away will also notify you if you have new mail. By default Away only checks for mail in a user’s $MAIL file, but by using the awayrc file, a user can configure any given number of mailboxes to be checked.
Away also uses PAM to lock your terminal in the way xlock locks an X11 session.
There are three methods to install away 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 away Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install away using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install awayInstall away Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install away using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install awayInstall away 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install away using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install awayHow To Uninstall away on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the away package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove awayUninstall away And Its Dependencies
To uninstall away and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove awayRemove away Configurations and Data
To remove away configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge awayRemove away configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove away configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge awayDependencies
away have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install away package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.