How To Install pidgin-festival on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-festival
on Kali Linux.
What is pidgin-festival
pidgin-festival is:
A plugin for pidgin that interfaces with the popular program festival. It allows for instant messages to be spoken by festival so you can hear it through your speakers.
There are three methods to install pidgin-festival
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 pidgin-festival Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-festival
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pidgin-festival
Install pidgin-festival Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-festival
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pidgin-festival
Install pidgin-festival 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 pidgin-festival
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pidgin-festival
How To Uninstall pidgin-festival on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pidgin-festival
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pidgin-festival
Uninstall pidgin-festival And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pidgin-festival
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pidgin-festival
Remove pidgin-festival Configurations and Data
To remove pidgin-festival
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pidgin-festival
Remove pidgin-festival configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pidgin-festival
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pidgin-festival
Dependencies
pidgin-festival have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-festival
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.