How To Install jabber-querybot on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jabber-querybot on Kali Linux.

What is jabber-querybot

jabber-querybot is:

You can easy write bots and use it over the jabber network.

jabber-querybot connects a jabber account and wait for messages. If a message comes in, it forward it to your self programmend modul. The return string of your module, jabber-querybot send it back to the jabber sender.

It is designed to be re-usable and to make it easy to write small Jabber bots that do one thing and do it well. A simple concept with a lot of examples and experiences are implemented.

There are three methods to install jabber-querybot 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 jabber-querybot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jabber-querybot

Install jabber-querybot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install jabber-querybot

Install jabber-querybot 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 jabber-querybot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jabber-querybot

How To Uninstall jabber-querybot on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the jabber-querybot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove jabber-querybot

Uninstall jabber-querybot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jabber-querybot

Remove jabber-querybot Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge jabber-querybot

Remove jabber-querybot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jabber-querybot

Dependencies

jabber-querybot have the following dependencies:

• libnet-jabber-perl
• libxml-parser-perl
• libsys-cpuload-perl
• libxml-smart-perl

References

• jabber-querybot website

Summary

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