How To Install kvirc-modules on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kvirc-modules on Kali Linux.

What is kvirc-modules

kvirc-modules is:

A highly configurable graphical IRC client with an MDI interface, built-in scripting language, support for IRC DCC, drag & drop file browsing, and much more. KVIrc uses the KDE widget set, can be extended using its own scripting language, integrates with KDE, and supports custom plugins.

This package contains all modules for KVIrc.

There are three methods to install kvirc-modules 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 kvirc-modules Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kvirc-modules

Install kvirc-modules Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kvirc-modules

Install kvirc-modules 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 kvirc-modules using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kvirc-modules

How To Uninstall kvirc-modules on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kvirc-modules package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kvirc-modules

Uninstall kvirc-modules And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kvirc-modules

Remove kvirc-modules Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kvirc-modules

Remove kvirc-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kvirc-modules

Dependencies

kvirc-modules have the following dependencies:

• libkvilib5

References

• kvirc-modules website

Summary

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