How To Install libpurple-bin on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-bin on Debian 9. libpurple-bin is multi-protocol instant messaging library - extra utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-bin on Debian 9.

What is libpurple-bin

libpurple-bin is:

This package contains the utilities not included in the main libpurple0 package. Currently included are: purple-remote, purple-send, purple-send-async, and purple-url-handler.

There are three methods to install libpurple-bin 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 libpurple-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpurple-bin

Install libpurple-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpurple-bin

Install libpurple-bin 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 libpurple-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpurple-bin

How To Uninstall libpurple-bin on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpurple-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpurple-bin

Uninstall libpurple-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpurple-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpurple-bin

Remove libpurple-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libpurple-bin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpurple-bin

Remove libpurple-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpurple-bin

Dependencies

libpurple-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-bin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.