How To Install telepathy-idle on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-idle on Kali Linux.
What is telepathy-idle
telepathy-idle is:
Idle is an IRC connection manager for the Telepathy framework. Install this package to use IRC channels and private messages in Telepathy instant messaging clients such as Empathy, GNOME Shell or KDE Telepathy.
There are three methods to install telepathy-idle 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 telepathy-idle Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install telepathy-idle using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install telepathy-idleInstall telepathy-idle Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install telepathy-idle using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install telepathy-idleInstall telepathy-idle 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install telepathy-idle using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install telepathy-idleHow To Uninstall telepathy-idle on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the telepathy-idle package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove telepathy-idleUninstall telepathy-idle And Its Dependencies
To uninstall telepathy-idle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove telepathy-idleRemove telepathy-idle Configurations and Data
To remove telepathy-idle configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge telepathy-idleRemove telepathy-idle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove telepathy-idle configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge telepathy-idleDependencies
telepathy-idle have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-idle package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.