How To Install ssh-contact-client on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-contact-client on Kali Linux. ssh-contact-client is establish SSH connections to your IM contacts using Telepathy (client)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-contact-client on Kali Linux.

What is ssh-contact-client

ssh-contact-client is:

SSH-Contact is a client/service tool that makes easy to connect your telepathy IM contacts via SSH. No need to care about dynamic IP, NAT, port forwarding or firewalls anymore; if you can chat with a friend, you can also SSH him.

This package contains the client side of ssh-contact.

There are three methods to install ssh-contact-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 ssh-contact-client Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ssh-contact-client

Install ssh-contact-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ssh-contact-client using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ssh-contact-client

Install ssh-contact-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install ssh-contact-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ssh-contact-client

How To Uninstall ssh-contact-client on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ssh-contact-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ssh-contact-client

Uninstall ssh-contact-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssh-contact-client

Remove ssh-contact-client Configurations and Data

To remove ssh-contact-client configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ssh-contact-client

Remove ssh-contact-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ssh-contact-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssh-contact-client

Dependencies

ssh-contact-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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