How To Install microdc2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install microdc2 on Kali Linux.

What is microdc2

microdc2 is:

microdc2 is a command-line based Direct Connect client that uses the GNU Readline library for user interaction. It was developed from ground up and does not depend on any other program. Despite the command-line user interface, it was designed to be user friendly and simple to use. It can work on headless host (under screen, for instance) ant thus, doesn’t require you to run an expensive X11 session, as other clients do.

microdc2 is currently in beta state - there may be many bugs not yet discovered. It also lacks some features that other clients support, such as file hashing, multiple hub connections, and hub list support.

Direct Connect protocol is used for P2P file sharing. See it’s description on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Connect_(file_sharing).

There are three methods to install microdc2 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 microdc2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install microdc2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install microdc2

Install microdc2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install microdc2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install microdc2

Install microdc2 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 microdc2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install microdc2

How To Uninstall microdc2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the microdc2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove microdc2

Uninstall microdc2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall microdc2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove microdc2

Remove microdc2 Configurations and Data

To remove microdc2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge microdc2

Remove microdc2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove microdc2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge microdc2

Dependencies

microdc2 have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• libreadline8
• libxml2

References

• microdc2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install microdc2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.