How To Install dircproxy on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dircproxy

dircproxy is:

dircproxy is an IRC proxy server designed for people who use IRC from lots of different workstations or clients, but wish to remain connected and see what they missed while they were away. You connect to IRC through dircproxy, and it keeps you connected to the server, even after you detach your client from it. While you’re detached, it logs channel and private messages as well as important events, and when you re-attach it’ll let you know what you missed.

This can be used to give you roughly the same functionality as using ircII and screen together, except you can use whatever IRC client you like, including X ones!

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dircproxy

Install dircproxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dircproxy

Install dircproxy 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 dircproxy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dircproxy

How To Uninstall dircproxy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dircproxy

Uninstall dircproxy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dircproxy

Remove dircproxy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dircproxy

Remove dircproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dircproxy

Dependencies

dircproxy have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcrypt1

References

• dircproxy website

Summary

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