How To Install talk on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is talk

talk is:

Talk is a visual communication program which copies lines from your terminal
to that of another user.

In order to talk locally, you will need to install the talkd package.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install talk

Install talk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install talk

Install talk 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 talk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install talk

How To Uninstall talk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove talk

Uninstall talk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove talk

Remove talk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge talk

Remove talk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge talk

Dependencies

talk have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• talk website

Summary

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