How To Install ssh-contact on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is ssh-contact

ssh-contact 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 is a metapackage that depends on both ssh-contact-client and ssh-contact-service.

There are three methods to install ssh-contact 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ssh-contact

Install ssh-contact Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ssh-contact

Install ssh-contact 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ssh-contact

How To Uninstall ssh-contact on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ssh-contact

Uninstall ssh-contact And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssh-contact

Remove ssh-contact Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ssh-contact

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

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

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

Dependencies

ssh-contact have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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