How To Install libircclient1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libircclient1 on Kali Linux. libircclient1 is C library to create IRC clients

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libircclient1 on Kali Linux.

What is libircclient1

libircclient1 is:

libircclient is a small but powerful library that implements the client-server IRC protocol. It is designed to be small, fast, portable and compatible to RFC standards, and most IRC clients. libircclient features include:

  • Full multi-threading support.
  • Single threads handles all the IRC processing.
  • Support for single-threaded applications, and socket-based applications, which use select()
  • Synchronous and asynchronous interfaces.
  • CTCP support with optional build-in reply code.
  • Flexible DCC support, including both DCC chat, and DCC file transfer.
  • Can both initiate and react to initiated DCC.
  • Can accept or decline DCC sessions asynchronously.
  • Plain C interface and implementation (possible to use from C++ code, obviously)
  • Compatible with RFC 1459 and most IRC clients.
  • Good documentation and examples available.

There are three methods to install libircclient1 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 libircclient1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libircclient1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libircclient1

Install libircclient1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libircclient1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libircclient1

Install libircclient1 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 libircclient1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libircclient1

How To Uninstall libircclient1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libircclient1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libircclient1

Uninstall libircclient1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libircclient1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libircclient1

Remove libircclient1 Configurations and Data

To remove libircclient1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libircclient1

Remove libircclient1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libircclient1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libircclient1

Dependencies

libircclient1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libircclient1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.