How To Install sacc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install sacc on Kali Linux. sacc is simple terminal gopher client

Introduction

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

What is sacc

sacc is:

sacc(omys) is a terminal gopher client. It it written in C and meant to be simple, fast, and secure. It has no support for other protocols, however it will handle URIs and files that can’t be opened natively by calling xdg-open.

Gopher is a simple protocol to retrieve hierarchical information. It is strongly oriented towards a menu-document design and presented an alternative to the World Wide Web in its early stages, but ultimately HTTP became the dominant protocol. Gopher is still in use by enthusiasts: a small population of actively-maintained servers remains.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sacc

Install sacc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sacc

Install sacc 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 sacc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sacc

How To Uninstall sacc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sacc

Uninstall sacc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sacc

Remove sacc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sacc

Remove sacc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sacc

Dependencies

sacc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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