How To Install psi-plus-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install psi-plus-common on Kali Linux.

What is psi-plus-common

psi-plus-common is:

This package contains common files for Psi+.

Psi IM is a capable XMPP client aimed at experienced users. There are keybindings for just about everything, Unicode is supported throughout, contacts are cached offline. Security is also a major consideration, and Psi IM provides it for both client-to-server (TLS) and client-to-client (GnuPG, OTR, OMEMO).

Psi+ is a development branch of Psi IM. Project purposes are: implementation of new features, writing of patches and plugins for transferring them to Psi IM.

List of supported XEPs you may found at: https://github.com/psi-im/psi/wiki/Supported-XEPs

Full list of Psi+ features you may found at: https://psi-plus.com/wiki/en:features

There are three methods to install psi-plus-common 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 psi-plus-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install psi-plus-common

Install psi-plus-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install psi-plus-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install psi-plus-common

Install psi-plus-common 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 psi-plus-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install psi-plus-common

How To Uninstall psi-plus-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the psi-plus-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove psi-plus-common

Uninstall psi-plus-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove psi-plus-common

Remove psi-plus-common Configurations and Data

To remove psi-plus-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge psi-plus-common

Remove psi-plus-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove psi-plus-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psi-plus-common

Dependencies

psi-plus-common have the following dependencies:

References

• psi-plus-common website

Summary

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