How To Install fqterm on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fqterm on Kali Linux.
What is fqterm
fqterm is:
FQTerm is one of the most widely used BBS client in China, it supports Telnet/SSH1/SSH2 protocols and can process ANSI control sequences. It can be used to login BBS sites or *NIX hosts.
Almost all the BBSes in Greater China Region are in BIG5 or GBK encoding. So FQTerm only support these two encodings and ASCII.
There are three methods to install fqterm 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 fqterm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fqterm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fqtermInstall fqterm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fqterm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fqtermInstall fqterm 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fqterm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fqtermHow To Uninstall fqterm on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fqterm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fqtermUninstall fqterm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fqterm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fqtermRemove fqterm Configurations and Data
To remove fqterm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fqtermRemove fqterm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fqterm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fqtermDependencies
fqterm have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5multimedia5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5script5
- libqt5widgets5
- libssl1.1
- libstdc++6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fqterm package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.