How To Install kde-telepathy-contact-list on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-telepathy-contact-list on Kali Linux. kde-telepathy-contact-list is Telepathy contact list for the KDE Plasma Desktop

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-telepathy-contact-list on Kali Linux.

What is kde-telepathy-contact-list

kde-telepathy-contact-list is:

This package provides a contact list application based on telepathy, which allows you to list your friends from all your IM accounts and begin chatting with them.

This package is not meant to be used standalone. It is recommended to install the kde-telepathy metapackage instead.

There are three methods to install kde-telepathy-contact-list 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 kde-telepathy-contact-list Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-telepathy-contact-list using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kde-telepathy-contact-list

Install kde-telepathy-contact-list Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-telepathy-contact-list using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kde-telepathy-contact-list

Install kde-telepathy-contact-list 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 kde-telepathy-contact-list using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kde-telepathy-contact-list

How To Uninstall kde-telepathy-contact-list on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kde-telepathy-contact-list package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kde-telepathy-contact-list

Uninstall kde-telepathy-contact-list And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kde-telepathy-contact-list and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-telepathy-contact-list

Remove kde-telepathy-contact-list Configurations and Data

To remove kde-telepathy-contact-list configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kde-telepathy-contact-list

Remove kde-telepathy-contact-list configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kde-telepathy-contact-list configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-telepathy-contact-list

Dependencies

kde-telepathy-contact-list have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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