How To Install purple-mm-sms on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-mm-sms on Kali Linux. purple-mm-sms is libpurple plugin for SMS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-mm-sms on Kali Linux.

What is purple-mm-sms

purple-mm-sms is:

Plugin for libpurple which adds the ability to communicate via SMS using ModemManager.

There are three methods to install purple-mm-sms 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 purple-mm-sms Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install purple-mm-sms

Install purple-mm-sms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install purple-mm-sms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install purple-mm-sms

Install purple-mm-sms 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 purple-mm-sms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install purple-mm-sms

How To Uninstall purple-mm-sms on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the purple-mm-sms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove purple-mm-sms

Uninstall purple-mm-sms And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove purple-mm-sms

Remove purple-mm-sms Configurations and Data

To remove purple-mm-sms configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge purple-mm-sms

Remove purple-mm-sms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove purple-mm-sms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge purple-mm-sms

Dependencies

purple-mm-sms have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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