How To Install ekg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ekg on Debian 9.
What is ekg
ekg is:
EKG (“Eksperymentalny Klient Gadu-Gadu”) is an open source Gadu-Gadu client for UNIX systems. Gadu-Gadu is an instant messaging program, very popular in Poland.
EKG features include:
- irssi-like ncurses interface with mouse support
- sending and receiving files
- voice conversations
- launching shell commands on certain events
- reading input from pipe
- Python scripting support
- speech synthesis (using an external program)
- encryption support
Please note that the program is not internationalized and all messages are in Polish (although the commands are in English).
This package contains the program built with just the (text) ncurses user interface. If you want to use the GTK+ graphical interface, install the ekg-gtk package as well.
There are three methods to install ekg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ekg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ekg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ekg
Install ekg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ekg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ekg
Install ekg Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ekg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ekg
How To Uninstall ekg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ekg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ekg
Uninstall ekg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ekg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ekg
Remove ekg Configurations and Data
To remove ekg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ekg
Remove ekg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ekg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ekg
Dependencies
ekg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ekg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
