How To Install tkabber-plugins on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tkabber-plugins on Kali Linux.

What is tkabber-plugins

tkabber-plugins is:

This package provides the set of standard plugins for Tkabber, a sophisticated XMPP (Jabber) GUI client. These plugins provide various functional enhancements for Tkabber, implement several board games for two players and much more.

Each plugin can be installed and uninstalled separately so that you can pick from this collection just what you want.

There are three methods to install tkabber-plugins 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-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tkabber-plugins

Install tkabber-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tkabber-plugins

Install tkabber-plugins 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 tkabber-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tkabber-plugins

How To Uninstall tkabber-plugins on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tkabber-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tkabber-plugins

Uninstall tkabber-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tkabber-plugins

Remove tkabber-plugins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tkabber-plugins

Remove tkabber-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tkabber-plugins

Dependencies

tkabber-plugins have the following dependencies:

• tkabber

References

• tkabber-plugins website

Summary

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