How To Install kontact on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kontact on Kali Linux.

What is kontact

kontact is:

Kontact is the integrated solution to your personal information management needs. It combines applications like KMail, KOrganizer and KAddressBook into a single interface to provide easy access to mail, scheduling, address book and other PIM functionality.

There are three methods to install kontact 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 kontact Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kontact

Install kontact Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kontact using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kontact

Install kontact 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 kontact using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kontact

How To Uninstall kontact on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kontact package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kontact

Uninstall kontact And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kontact

Remove kontact Configurations and Data

To remove kontact configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kontact

Remove kontact configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kontact

Dependencies

kontact have the following dependencies:

• kdepim-runtime
• libqt5webengine5
• libc6
• libkf5configcore5
• libkf5configgui5
• libkf5configwidgets5
• libkf5coreaddons5
• libkf5crash5
• libkf5grantleetheme5
• libkf5grantleetheme5-20.08
• libkf5i18n5
• libkf5iconthemes5
• libkf5jobwidgets5
• libkf5kcmutils5
• libkf5kiogui5
• libkf5kontactinterface5
• libkf5kontactinterface5-20.08
• libkf5libkdepim5

References

• kontact website

Summary

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