How To Install tkabber on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkabber on Kali Linux.
What is tkabber
tkabber is:
Tkabber is a GUI client for XMPP (Jabber) instant messaging protocol. It provides full support of basic XMPP specifications as well as many protocol extensions (XEPs), such as multi-user conferencing, file transfers, extensive handling of privacy lists and much more. Tkabber is written in Tcl/Tk and thus is easily extensible.
Also a rich set of Tkabber external plugins is available in the package named “tkabber-plugins”.
There are three methods to install tkabber 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 tkabber Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tkabber using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tkabberInstall tkabber Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tkabber using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tkabberInstall tkabber 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 tkabber using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tkabberHow To Uninstall tkabber on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the tkabber package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tkabberUninstall tkabber And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tkabber and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tkabberRemove tkabber Configurations and Data
To remove tkabber configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tkabberRemove tkabber configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tkabber configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tkabberDependencies
tkabber have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkabber package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.