How To Install libkaccounts2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkaccounts2 on Kali Linux.

What is libkaccounts2

libkaccounts2 is:

Small system to administer web accounts for the sites and services across the Plasma desktop, including: Google, Facebook, Owncloud, IMAP, Jabber and others.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libkaccounts2 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 libkaccounts2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkaccounts2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkaccounts2

Install libkaccounts2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkaccounts2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkaccounts2

Install libkaccounts2 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 libkaccounts2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkaccounts2

How To Uninstall libkaccounts2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libkaccounts2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkaccounts2

Uninstall libkaccounts2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkaccounts2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkaccounts2

Remove libkaccounts2 Configurations and Data

To remove libkaccounts2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkaccounts2

Remove libkaccounts2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkaccounts2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkaccounts2

Dependencies

libkaccounts2 have the following dependencies:

• libaccounts-qt5-1
• libc6
• libkf5coreaddons5
• libkf5i18n5
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libsignon-qt5-1
• libstdc++6

References

• libkaccounts2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkaccounts2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.