How To Install bitlbee-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-common on Kali Linux.
What is bitlbee-common
This program can be used as an IRC server which forwards everything you say to people on other chat networks: Jabber (which includes Google Talk), and Twitter.
This package contains common files (mostly documentation) for bitlbee and bitlbee-libpurple.
There are three ways to install bitlbee-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 bitlbee-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 bitlbee-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bitlbee-common
Install bitlbee-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bitlbee-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bitlbee-common
Install bitlbee-common Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 bitlbee-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bitlbee-common
How To Uninstall bitlbee-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bitlbee-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bitlbee-common
Uninstall bitlbee-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bitlbee-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bitlbee-common
Remove bitlbee-common Configurations and Data
To remove bitlbee-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bitlbee-common
Remove bitlbee-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bitlbee-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bitlbee-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-common using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.