How To Install tmate on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tmate on Kali Linux. tmate is terminal multiplexer with instant terminal sharing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tmate on Kali Linux.

What is tmate

tmate is:

tmate provides an instant pairing solution, allowing you to share a terminal with one or several teammates. Together with a voice call, it’s almost like pairing in person. The terminal sharing works by using SSH connections to backend servers maintained by tmate upstream developers; teammates need to be given a randomly-generated token to be able to join a session.

tmate is a modified version of tmux, and uses the same configurations such as keybindings, color schemes etc.

There are three methods to install tmate 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 tmate Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tmate

Install tmate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tmate using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tmate

Install tmate 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 tmate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tmate

How To Uninstall tmate on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tmate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tmate

Uninstall tmate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tmate

Remove tmate Configurations and Data

To remove tmate configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tmate

Remove tmate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tmate

Dependencies

tmate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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