How To Install inspircd on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inspircd on Kali Linux.
What is inspircd
inspircd is:
InspIRCd is a modular C++ IRC Daemon for several operating systems created to provide a stable, modern, lightweight irc server from scratch and provide a vast number of features in a modularised form using an advanced module API. By keeping the functionality of the main core to a minimum, the server is very stable, fast and customizable.
This package contains the daemon.
There are three methods to install inspircd 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 inspircd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install inspircd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inspircdInstall inspircd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install inspircd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inspircdInstall inspircd 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 inspircd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inspircdHow To Uninstall inspircd on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the inspircd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inspircdUninstall inspircd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inspircd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inspircdRemove inspircd Configurations and Data
To remove inspircd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inspircdRemove inspircd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inspircd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inspircdDependencies
inspircd have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- libargon2-1
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libgnutls30
- libhttp-parser2.9
- libldap-2.4-2
- libmariadb3
- libmaxminddb0
- libpcre3
- libpq5
- libre2-9
- libsqlite3-0
- libstdc++6
- libtre5
- perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inspircd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.