How To Install sic on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install sic on Kali Linux. sic is simple irc client (sic)

Introduction

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

What is sic

sic is:

sic is an extremely fast, small and simple irc client. It reads commands from standard input and prints all server output to standard output. It also multiplexes all channel traffic into one output. That way you don’t have to switch different channel buffers. So that’s actually a feature.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sic

Install sic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sic

Install sic 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 sic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sic

How To Uninstall sic on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sic

Uninstall sic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sic

Remove sic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sic

Remove sic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sic

Dependencies

sic have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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