Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install profanity-light on Kali Linux.
What is profanity-light
profanity-light is:
Profanity is a console based instant messaging client for XMPP (Jabber)
protocol based chat. It is inspired by popular IRC client IRSSI.
Profanity’s features are:
- Supports XMPP chat services
- MUC chat room support
- PGP, OMEMO, and OTR encryption
- Roster management
- Flexible resource and priority settings
- Plugins in C
- Support for colorthemes
This version does not depend on X11 libraries nor Python. If you like
to have support for xscreensaver, icons, notifications, or Python
plugins, you should install profanity instead of profanity-light.
There are three methods to install profanity-light 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 profanity-light Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install profanity-light using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install profanity-light
Install profanity-light Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install profanity-light using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install profanity-lightInstall profanity-light 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 profanity-light using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install profanity-light
How To Uninstall profanity-light on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the profanity-light package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove profanity-light
Uninstall profanity-light And Its Dependencies
To uninstall profanity-light and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove profanity-light
Remove profanity-light Configurations and Data
To remove profanity-light configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge profanity-light
Remove profanity-light configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove profanity-light configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge profanity-light
Dependencies
profanity-light have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libgcrypt20
- libglib2.0-0
- libgpgme11
- libncursesw6
- libotr5
- libreadline8
- libsignal-protocol-c2.3.2
- libsqlite3-0
- libstrophe0
- libtinfo6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install profanity-light package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
