How To Install libervia-backend on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libervia-backend
on Debian 12.
What is libervia-backend
libervia-backend is:
Libervia is a multi-frontends, multi-purposes communication tool, based on the XMPP standard. It features:
- instant messaging
- microblogging
- file sharing
- games
- group permissions (share what you want with the people you choose)
- interaction with other networks (IRC, StatusNet, other XMPP networks)
- email client access (use your favorite mail user agent (MUA) to communicate on the supported networks)
- extensible design
This package contains Libervia’s backend code. You should install it along with one of the frontends: libervia-cli (command line interface) or libervia-tui (curse-based interactive console interface).
There are three methods to install libervia-backend
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libervia-backend Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libervia-backend
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libervia-backend
Install libervia-backend Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libervia-backend
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libervia-backend
Install libervia-backend 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 libervia-backend
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libervia-backend
How To Uninstall libervia-backend on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libervia-backend
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libervia-backend
Uninstall libervia-backend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libervia-backend
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libervia-backend
Remove libervia-backend Configurations and Data
To remove libervia-backend
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libervia-backend
Remove libervia-backend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libervia-backend
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libervia-backend
Dependencies
libervia-backend have the following dependencies:
- python3
- python3-aiosqlite
- python3-alembic
- python3-babel
- python3-dateutil
- python3-dbus
- python3-idna
- python3-lxml
- python3-mutagen
- python3-openssl
- python3-pil
- python3-potr
- python3-pycryptodome
- python3-service-identity
- python3-shortuuid
- python3-sqlalchemy
- python3-treq
- python3-twisted
- python3-wokkel
- python3-xdg
- python3-xmlschema
- python3-zope.interface
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libervia-backend
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.