How To Install gup on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gup on Kali Linux. gup is let a remote site change their newsgroups subscription

Introduction

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

What is gup

gup is:

Gup, the Group Update Program is a Unix mail-server that lets a remote site change their newsgroups subscription without requiring the intervention of the news administrator at the feed site.

Gup is suited to news administrators that find they are spending an inordinate amount of time editing the INN newsfeeds file on behalf of the remote sites.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gup

Install gup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gup

Install gup 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 gup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gup

How To Uninstall gup on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gup

Uninstall gup And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gup

Remove gup Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gup

Remove gup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gup

Dependencies

gup have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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