How To Install coccinella on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coccinella on Kali Linux.

What is coccinella

coccinella is:

Coccinella is a cross-platform communication tool with a built-in whiteboard for improved collaboration with other people.

The whiteboard is a shared desktop which supports text, drawings, images, and multimedia in a number of formats, such as MP3 and video.

The protocol being used by coccinella for chat and whiteboard communication is the XMPP protocol (Jabber).

There are three methods to install coccinella 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 coccinella Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install coccinella

Install coccinella Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install coccinella using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install coccinella

Install coccinella 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 coccinella using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coccinella

How To Uninstall coccinella on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the coccinella package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove coccinella

Uninstall coccinella And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coccinella

Remove coccinella Configurations and Data

To remove coccinella configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge coccinella

Remove coccinella configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coccinella

Dependencies

coccinella have the following dependencies:

• tcl8.6
• tk8.6
• tkpng
• tktreectrl

References

• coccinella website

Summary

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