How To Install purple-xmpp-carbons on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-xmpp-carbons on Kali Linux.
What is purple-xmpp-carbons
purple-xmpp-carbons is:
Carbons is a plugin for libpurple that implements message carbons as documented in XEP-0280. This allows one to have consistent history across multiple devices.
There are three methods to install purple-xmpp-carbons 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-xmpp-carbons Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install purple-xmpp-carbons using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install purple-xmpp-carbonsInstall purple-xmpp-carbons Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install purple-xmpp-carbons using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install purple-xmpp-carbonsInstall purple-xmpp-carbons 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install purple-xmpp-carbons using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install purple-xmpp-carbonsHow To Uninstall purple-xmpp-carbons on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the purple-xmpp-carbons package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove purple-xmpp-carbonsUninstall purple-xmpp-carbons And Its Dependencies
To uninstall purple-xmpp-carbons and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove purple-xmpp-carbonsRemove purple-xmpp-carbons Configurations and Data
To remove purple-xmpp-carbons configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge purple-xmpp-carbonsRemove purple-xmpp-carbons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove purple-xmpp-carbons configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge purple-xmpp-carbonsDependencies
purple-xmpp-carbons have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-xmpp-carbons package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.