How To Install hexchat-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-dev on Kali Linux.
What is hexchat-dev
hexchat-dev is:
This package contains the hexchat-plugin.h and hexchat-plugin.pc files, which facilitate building binary plugins. Hexchat is a popular and featureful IRC client with a GTK+ GUI. For more information on IRC, see http://irchelp.org/.
There are three methods to install hexchat-dev 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 hexchat-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install hexchat-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hexchat-devInstall hexchat-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install hexchat-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hexchat-devInstall hexchat-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install hexchat-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hexchat-devHow To Uninstall hexchat-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the hexchat-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hexchat-devUninstall hexchat-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hexchat-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hexchat-devRemove hexchat-dev Configurations and Data
To remove hexchat-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hexchat-devRemove hexchat-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hexchat-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hexchat-devDependencies
hexchat-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
