How To Install identicurse on Debian 10

Learn how to install identicurse on Debian 10 with this tutorial. identicurse is simple Identi.ca client with a curses-based UI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install identicurse on Debian 10.

What is identicurse

identicurse is:

IdentiCurse is a Python written commandline client for Identi.ca and other status.net based microblogging sites. It offers tabs for different microblogging feeds (personal timeline, mentions, direct messages and public timeline by default) and use IRC like slash-prefixed commands.

There are three methods to install identicurse on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install identicurse Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install identicurse

Install identicurse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install identicurse using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install identicurse

Install identicurse 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 identicurse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install identicurse

How To Uninstall identicurse on Debian 10

To uninstall only the identicurse package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove identicurse

Uninstall identicurse And Its Dependencies

To uninstall identicurse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove identicurse

Remove identicurse Configurations and Data

To remove identicurse configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge identicurse

Remove identicurse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge identicurse

Dependencies

identicurse have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install identicurse package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.