How To Install weechat-guile on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-guile on Kali Linux. weechat-guile is Fast, light and extensible chat client - Guile plugin

Introduction

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

What is weechat-guile

weechat-guile 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 provides the Guile scripting API plugin.

There are three methods to install weechat-guile 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-guile 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-guile using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install weechat-guile

Install weechat-guile Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install weechat-guile

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

sudo aptitude -y install weechat-guile

How To Uninstall weechat-guile on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove weechat-guile

Uninstall weechat-guile And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove weechat-guile

Remove weechat-guile Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge weechat-guile

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

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

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

Dependencies

weechat-guile have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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