How To Install quassel-client on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quassel-client on Kali Linux.
What is quassel-client
quassel-client is:
Quassel is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client, meaning that one or more clients can attach to and detach from the central core. It’s much like the popular combination of screen and a text-based IRC client such as WeeChat or irssi, but graphical.
This package provides only the client component.
There are three methods to install quassel-client 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 quassel-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install quassel-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quassel-clientInstall quassel-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install quassel-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quassel-clientInstall quassel-client 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 quassel-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quassel-clientHow To Uninstall quassel-client on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the quassel-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quassel-clientUninstall quassel-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quassel-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quassel-clientRemove quassel-client Configurations and Data
To remove quassel-client configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quassel-clientRemove quassel-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quassel-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quassel-clientDependencies
quassel-client have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libdbusmenu-qt5-2
- libgcc-s1
- libkf5configwidgets5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5notifications5
- libkf5notifyconfig5
- libkf5sonnetui5
- libkf5textwidgets5
- libkf5widgetsaddons5
- libkf5xmlgui5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5multimedia5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5webenginewidgets5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
- zlib1g
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quassel-client package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.