How To Install kaddressbook on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kaddressbook on Kali Linux. kaddressbook is address book and contact data manager

Introduction

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

What is kaddressbook

kaddressbook is:

KAddressBook enables you to manage your contacts efficiently and comfortably. It can load and save your contacts to many different locations, including the local file system, LDAP servers, and SQL databases.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kaddressbook

Install kaddressbook Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kaddressbook

Install kaddressbook 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 kaddressbook using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kaddressbook

How To Uninstall kaddressbook on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kaddressbook

Uninstall kaddressbook And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kaddressbook

Remove kaddressbook Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kaddressbook

Remove kaddressbook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kaddressbook

Dependencies

kaddressbook have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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