How To Install empathy on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install empathy on Kali Linux. empathy is GNOME multi-protocol chat and call client

Introduction

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

What is empathy

empathy is:

Instant messaging program supporting text, voice, video, file transfers and inter-application communication over many different protocols, including: AIM, Windows Live (MSN), Google Talk (Jabber/XMPP), Yahoo!, Salut, Gadu-Gadu, Groupwise and ICQ.

This package contains the Empathy IM application and account manager.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install empathy

Install empathy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install empathy

Install empathy 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 empathy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install empathy

How To Uninstall empathy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove empathy

Uninstall empathy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove empathy

Remove empathy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge empathy

Remove empathy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge empathy

Dependencies

empathy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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