How To Install hexchat-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-dev on Kali Linux.

What is hexchat-dev

hexchat-dev is:

This package contains the hexchat-plugin.h and hexchat-plugin.pc files, which facilitate building binary plugins. Hexchat is a popular and featureful IRC client with a GTK+ GUI. For more information on IRC, see http://irchelp.org/.

There are three methods to install hexchat-dev 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 hexchat-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hexchat-dev

Install hexchat-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hexchat-dev

Install hexchat-dev 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 hexchat-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hexchat-dev

How To Uninstall hexchat-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hexchat-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hexchat-dev

Uninstall hexchat-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hexchat-dev

Remove hexchat-dev Configurations and Data

To remove hexchat-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hexchat-dev

Remove hexchat-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hexchat-dev

Dependencies

hexchat-dev have the following dependencies:

References

• hexchat-dev website

Summary

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