How To Install folks-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install folks-common on Kali Linux.

What is folks-common

folks-common is:

libfolks is a library that aggregates people from multiple sources (eg, Telepathy connection managers and eventually evolution data server, Facebook, etc.) to create metacontacts.

This package contains common files (translations) used by folks components.

There are three methods to install folks-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 folks-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 folks-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install folks-common

Install folks-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install folks-common

Install folks-common 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 folks-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install folks-common

How To Uninstall folks-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the folks-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove folks-common

Uninstall folks-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove folks-common

Remove folks-common Configurations and Data

To remove folks-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge folks-common

Remove folks-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge folks-common

Dependencies

folks-common have the following dependencies:

• dconf-gsettings-backend

References

• folks-common website

Summary

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