How To Install gopher on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gopher

gopher is:

This package contains the client for the distributed global directory and hypertext system known as gopher. This is a text-based (ncurses) client from the University of Minnesota. It also supports the gopher+ protocol, as well as links to ftp, http, and other external viewers.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gopher

Install gopher Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gopher

Install gopher 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 gopher using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gopher

How To Uninstall gopher on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gopher

Uninstall gopher And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gopher

Remove gopher Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gopher

Remove gopher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gopher

Dependencies

gopher have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• gopher website

Summary

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