How To Install pidgin-lastfm on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-lastfm on Kali Linux.

What is pidgin-lastfm

pidgin-lastfm is:

This Pidgin plugin displays information from your Last.fm / Audioscrobbler profile in your user info on the various IM networks Pidgin supports. The most important information might be the most recently scrobbled song.

There are three methods to install pidgin-lastfm 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-lastfm 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-lastfm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pidgin-lastfm

Install pidgin-lastfm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pidgin-lastfm

Install pidgin-lastfm 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-lastfm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pidgin-lastfm

How To Uninstall pidgin-lastfm on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pidgin-lastfm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pidgin-lastfm

Uninstall pidgin-lastfm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pidgin-lastfm

Remove pidgin-lastfm Configurations and Data

To remove pidgin-lastfm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pidgin-lastfm

Remove pidgin-lastfm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pidgin-lastfm

Dependencies

pidgin-lastfm have the following dependencies:

• pidgin
• perl
• perl

References

• pidgin-lastfm website

Summary

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