How To Install ngircd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ngircd

ngircd is:

This package provides ngIRCd, a lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small or private networks. It is simple to configure, can cope with dynamic IP addresses, and supports IPv6 as well as SSL. It is written from scratch, not based on the original IRCd and quite portable.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ngircd

Install ngircd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ngircd

Install ngircd 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 ngircd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ngircd

How To Uninstall ngircd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ngircd

Uninstall ngircd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ngircd

Remove ngircd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ngircd

Remove ngircd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ngircd

Dependencies

ngircd have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• libc6
• libgnutls30
• libident
• libpam0g
• zlib1g

References

• ngircd website

Summary

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