How To Install polari on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is polari

polari is:

Polari is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client designed for GNOME 3.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install polari

Install polari Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install polari

Install polari 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 polari using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install polari

How To Uninstall polari on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove polari

Uninstall polari And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove polari

Remove polari Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge polari

Remove polari configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge polari

Dependencies

polari have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgirepository-1.0-1
• libgjs0g
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libtelepathy-glib0
• dconf-gsettings-backend
• gir1.2-glib-2.0
• gir1.2-gtk-3.0
• gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12
• gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0
• gir1.2-gspell-1
• gir1.2-pango-1.0
• gir1.2-secret-1
• gir1.2-soup-2.4
• gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2
• telepathy-idle
• telepathy-mission-control-5
• telepathy-logger
• libglib2.0-bin
• gjs

References

• polari website

Summary

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