How To Install quaternion on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install quaternion on Kali Linux.

What is quaternion

quaternion is:

Quaternion is a Qt-based chat client for the Matrix protocol. Matrix is an open, federated communications protocol.

There are three methods to install quaternion 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 quaternion Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install quaternion

Install quaternion Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install quaternion using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install quaternion

Install quaternion 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 quaternion using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install quaternion

How To Uninstall quaternion on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the quaternion package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove quaternion

Uninstall quaternion And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove quaternion

Remove quaternion Configurations and Data

To remove quaternion configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge quaternion

Remove quaternion configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove quaternion configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quaternion

Dependencies

quaternion have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5keychain1
• libqt5network5
• libqt5qml5
• libqt5quick5
• libqt5quickwidgets5
• libqt5widgets5
• libquotient0.6
• libstdc++6
• qml-module-qtquick-controls
• qml-module-qtquick-controls2

References

• quaternion website

Summary

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