How To Install telegram-purple on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install telegram-purple on Kali Linux. telegram-purple is Purple plugin to support Telegram

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install telegram-purple on Kali Linux.

What is telegram-purple

telegram-purple is:

Plugin for purple which lets you use and manage your Telegram account like any other account in purple. Some features like self-destruct messages are currently in development.

The plugin can be used with the usual libpurple applications (such as Pidgin, Finch, Spectrum2, bitlbee, ??).

There are three methods to install telegram-purple 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 telegram-purple Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install telegram-purple

Install telegram-purple Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install telegram-purple

Install telegram-purple 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 telegram-purple using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install telegram-purple

How To Uninstall telegram-purple on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the telegram-purple package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove telegram-purple

Uninstall telegram-purple And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove telegram-purple

Remove telegram-purple Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge telegram-purple

Remove telegram-purple configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge telegram-purple

Dependencies

telegram-purple have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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