How To Install riece on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install riece on Kali Linux. riece is IRC client for Emacs

Introduction

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

What is riece

riece is:

Riece is a user interface for IRC (Internet Relay Chat). You should spell it with the first letter capitalized and pronounce it as /ri:s/.

The features of Riece are as follows:

  • Several IRC servers may be used at the same time.
  • Many features built upon the extension mechanism called add-on. Currently 30 such add-ons are available.
  • Installation is easy. Riece doesn’t depend on other packages.
  • Setup is easy. Automatically save/restore the configuration.
  • Step-by-step instructions are included.
  • Mostly compliant with the latest IRC client protocol (RFC 2812).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install riece

Install riece Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install riece

Install riece 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 riece using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install riece

How To Uninstall riece on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove riece

Uninstall riece And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove riece

Remove riece Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge riece

Remove riece configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge riece

Dependencies

riece have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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