How To Install irclog2html on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install irclog2html on Kali Linux. irclog2html is Converts IRC log files to HTML with pretty colours

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install irclog2html on Kali Linux.

What is irclog2html

irclog2html is:

Python scripts that converts IRC log files from several formats to coloured HTML.

Features include:

  • XHTML & CSS output
  • Unique, automatic nick colours (preserved across nick changes)
  • URL highlighting
  • Bookmarkable timestamps for each line
  • Navigation links between daily log files

There are three methods to install irclog2html 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 irclog2html Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install irclog2html using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install irclog2html

Install irclog2html Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install irclog2html using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install irclog2html

Install irclog2html 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 irclog2html using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install irclog2html

How To Uninstall irclog2html on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the irclog2html package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove irclog2html

Uninstall irclog2html And Its Dependencies

To uninstall irclog2html and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove irclog2html

Remove irclog2html Configurations and Data

To remove irclog2html configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge irclog2html

Remove irclog2html configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove irclog2html configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge irclog2html

Dependencies

irclog2html have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install irclog2html package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.