How To Install inetutils-talk on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-talk on Kali Linux.

What is inetutils-talk

inetutils-talk is:

Talk is a visual communication program which copies lines from your terminal to that of another user.

There are three methods to install inetutils-talk 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 inetutils-talk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install inetutils-talk

Install inetutils-talk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install inetutils-talk

Install inetutils-talk 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 inetutils-talk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install inetutils-talk

How To Uninstall inetutils-talk on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the inetutils-talk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove inetutils-talk

Uninstall inetutils-talk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove inetutils-talk

Remove inetutils-talk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge inetutils-talk

Remove inetutils-talk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inetutils-talk

Dependencies

inetutils-talk have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6
• netbase

References

• inetutils-talk website

Summary

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