How To Install lostirc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lostirc
on Kali Linux.
What is lostirc
lostirc is:
LostIRC is a simple, yet very useful IRC-client. It has features such as tab-autocompletion, multiple server support, automatic joining of servers/channels and DCC sending which should cover the needs of most people. The client is 100% keyboard-controllable, and uses the gtkmm GUI library.
There are three methods to install lostirc
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 lostirc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lostirc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lostirc
Install lostirc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lostirc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lostirc
Install lostirc 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 lostirc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lostirc
How To Uninstall lostirc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lostirc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lostirc
Uninstall lostirc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lostirc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lostirc
Remove lostirc Configurations and Data
To remove lostirc
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lostirc
Remove lostirc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lostirc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lostirc
Dependencies
lostirc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lostirc
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.