How To Install hexchat on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat
on Kali Linux.
What is hexchat
hexchat is:
HexChat is a graphical IRC client with a GTK+ GUI. Features include Python and Perl scripting support, a plugin API, multiple server/channel windows, spell checking, multiple authentication methods including SASL, and customizable notifications. For more information on IRC, see http://irchelp.org/.
There are three methods to install hexchat
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 hexchat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hexchat
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hexchat
Install hexchat Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hexchat
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hexchat
Install hexchat 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 hexchat
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hexchat
How To Uninstall hexchat on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the hexchat
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hexchat
Uninstall hexchat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hexchat
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hexchat
Remove hexchat Configurations and Data
To remove hexchat
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hexchat
Remove hexchat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hexchat
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hexchat
Dependencies
hexchat have the following dependencies:
- hexchat-common
- libc6
- libcanberra0
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libnotify4
- libpango-1.0-0
- libproxy1v5
- libssl1.1
- libx11-6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.