How To Install yowsup-cli on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yowsup-cli on Kali Linux.

What is yowsup-cli

yowsup-cli is:

WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages, via Internet, without having to pay for SMS, using a mobile phone.

In addition to basic messaging, WhatsApp users can create groups, send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages.

yowsup-cli is a command line program, based in python-yowsup library, that allows you to login and use the WhatsApp service, providing all capabilities of an official WhatsApp client, as encryption of messages. This program can be used for multiple purposes as e.g. to receive messages from network servers or appliances, notifying about issues, via direct command or by special agents (Zabbix, Nagios, iwatch, portsentry, etc.).

This package is a good example of the python-yowsup library implementation.

There are three methods to install yowsup-cli 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 yowsup-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yowsup-cli

Install yowsup-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yowsup-cli

Install yowsup-cli 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 yowsup-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yowsup-cli

How To Uninstall yowsup-cli on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the yowsup-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yowsup-cli

Uninstall yowsup-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yowsup-cli

Remove yowsup-cli Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yowsup-cli

Remove yowsup-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yowsup-cli

Dependencies

yowsup-cli have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• yowsup-cli website

Summary

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