How To Install purple-xmpp-http-upload on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-xmpp-http-upload on Kali Linux.

What is purple-xmpp-http-upload

purple-xmpp-http-upload is:

libpurple plugin implementing HTTP File Upload (XEP-0363) for the XMPP protocol.

There are three methods to install purple-xmpp-http-upload 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-http-upload 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-xmpp-http-upload using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install purple-xmpp-http-upload

Install purple-xmpp-http-upload Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install purple-xmpp-http-upload using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install purple-xmpp-http-upload

Install purple-xmpp-http-upload 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-xmpp-http-upload using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install purple-xmpp-http-upload

How To Uninstall purple-xmpp-http-upload on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the purple-xmpp-http-upload package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove purple-xmpp-http-upload

Uninstall purple-xmpp-http-upload And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove purple-xmpp-http-upload

Remove purple-xmpp-http-upload Configurations and Data

To remove purple-xmpp-http-upload configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge purple-xmpp-http-upload

Remove purple-xmpp-http-upload configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge purple-xmpp-http-upload

Dependencies

purple-xmpp-http-upload have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libpurple0

References

• purple-xmpp-http-upload website

Summary

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