How to Install and Uninstall pidgin-gnome-keyring Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "pidgin-gnome-keyring" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install pidgin-gnome-keyring on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pidgin-gnome-keyring
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pidgin-gnome-keyring" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall pidgin-gnome-keyring on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pidgin-gnome-keyring
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pidgin-gnome-keyring package on Kali Linux

Package: pidgin-gnome-keyring
Version: 2.0-2
Installed-Size: 27
Maintainer: Luca Boccassi
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libpurple0
Enhances: pidgin
Size: 6216
SHA256: 2a268a9ca5bbeecaf30c5336f4f582e31e32f375902c404803fdd94d48d61606
SHA1: 5cf7edac40c9a33a7c631b36ecf0691ea88be7e8
MD5sum: b04706262d6ec087fa818b8566b625f8
Description: integrates pidgin (and libpurple) with the system keyring
Pidgin usually stores passwords as plaintext with the "save password"
function. This plugin instead saves all passwords to the system keyring,
which some would argue is a more secure form of password storage.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/aebrahim/pidgin-gnome-keyring
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pidgin-gnome-keyring/pidgin-gnome-keyring_2.0-2_amd64.deb