How To Install ejabberd-mod-irc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ejabberd-mod-irc on Kali Linux.

What is ejabberd-mod-irc

ejabberd-mod-irc is:

This module adds an IRC transport to ejabberd that can be used to join channels on IRC servers. Note that an IRC server must be provided separately.

There are three methods to install ejabberd-mod-irc 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 ejabberd-mod-irc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ejabberd-mod-irc

Install ejabberd-mod-irc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ejabberd-mod-irc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ejabberd-mod-irc

Install ejabberd-mod-irc 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 ejabberd-mod-irc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ejabberd-mod-irc

How To Uninstall ejabberd-mod-irc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ejabberd-mod-irc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ejabberd-mod-irc

Uninstall ejabberd-mod-irc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ejabberd-mod-irc

Remove ejabberd-mod-irc Configurations and Data

To remove ejabberd-mod-irc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ejabberd-mod-irc

Remove ejabberd-mod-irc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ejabberd-mod-irc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ejabberd-mod-irc

Dependencies

ejabberd-mod-irc have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• ejabberd-mod-irc website

Summary

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