How To Install znc-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install znc-perl on Kali Linux.

What is znc-perl

znc-perl is:

znc is an IRC proxy. It runs as a daemon and connects to IRC server, then allows you to connect from a workstation and work as the user that is logged in to the IRC server. After you disconnect, it maintains the connection to the server. It acts like any normal IRC server, so you can use any IRC client to connect to it.

Some of its features include support for multiple users, multiple clients, and multiple IRC servers; playback buffers to catch up with what happened while you were detached, SSL encryption, DCC proxying, and a plugin interface with many plugins supporting other features.

This package contains the znc Perl extension.

There are three methods to install znc-perl 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 znc-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install znc-perl

Install znc-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install znc-perl

Install znc-perl 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 znc-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install znc-perl

How To Uninstall znc-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the znc-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove znc-perl

Uninstall znc-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove znc-perl

Remove znc-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge znc-perl

Remove znc-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge znc-perl

Dependencies

znc-perl have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libperl5.32
• libstdc++6
• znc

References

• znc-perl website

Summary

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