How To Install weechat-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-dev on Kali Linux.

What is weechat-dev

weechat-dev is:

WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a fast and light chat client for many operating systems. Everything can be done with a keyboard.

This package contains the headers needed to build plugins.

There are three methods to install weechat-dev 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 weechat-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install weechat-dev

Install weechat-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install weechat-dev

Install weechat-dev 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 weechat-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install weechat-dev

How To Uninstall weechat-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the weechat-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove weechat-dev

Uninstall weechat-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove weechat-dev

Remove weechat-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge weechat-dev

Remove weechat-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weechat-dev

Dependencies

weechat-dev have the following dependencies:

References

• weechat-dev website

Summary

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