How To Install mcabber on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mcabber

mcabber is:

MCabber is a Jabber (XMPP) text-mode client, which includes features such as SASL support, history logging, commands completion, dynamic modules and external actions triggers.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mcabber

Install mcabber Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mcabber

Install mcabber 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 mcabber using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mcabber

How To Uninstall mcabber on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mcabber

Uninstall mcabber And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcabber

Remove mcabber Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mcabber

Remove mcabber configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcabber

Dependencies

mcabber have the following dependencies:

• libaspell15
• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgpgme11
• libidn11
• libloudmouth1-0
• libncursesw6
• libotr5
• libtinfo6

References

• mcabber website

Summary

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