How To Install ldh-gui-suite on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldh-gui-suite on Kali Linux. ldh-gui-suite is graphical clients for Liberty Deckplan Host services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ldh-gui-suite on Kali Linux.

What is ldh-gui-suite

ldh-gui-suite is:

LDH GUI Suite provides access to Liberty Deckplan Host (LDH) services using GNOME Web for application wrappers.

The suite provides application wrappers for the following clients:

  • Chat - client for the instant messaging service Element
  • Social - client for the social networking service Smilodon
  • Hub - configuration interface for the Liberty Deckplan Host

Element (formerly Riot and Vector) is a web-based instant messaging client https://element.io/ implementing the Matrix protocol.

Smilodon is a self-hosted and federated social networking service https://source.puri.sm/liberty/smilodon, similar to (and created as a fork of) Mastodon.

A Liberty Deckplan Host (LDH) is a single domain implementing the concrete configuration plan defined at https://source.puri.sm/liberty/services.

There are three methods to install ldh-gui-suite 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 ldh-gui-suite Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ldh-gui-suite

Install ldh-gui-suite Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ldh-gui-suite using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ldh-gui-suite

Install ldh-gui-suite 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 ldh-gui-suite using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ldh-gui-suite

How To Uninstall ldh-gui-suite on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ldh-gui-suite package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ldh-gui-suite

Uninstall ldh-gui-suite And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldh-gui-suite

Remove ldh-gui-suite Configurations and Data

To remove ldh-gui-suite configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ldh-gui-suite

Remove ldh-gui-suite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ldh-gui-suite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldh-gui-suite

Dependencies

ldh-gui-suite have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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