How To Install maki on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install maki on Debian 9. maki is D-Bus-based IRC suite (daemon)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install maki on Debian 9.

What is maki

maki is:

The sushi IRC suite consists of a central daemon and several clients, which communicate via DBus. DBus methods and signals are provided by the daemon to abstract the IRC protocol. Clients can use these methods and signals to easily interact with IRC.

maki provides DBus methods and signals to abstract the IRC protocol. Clients like tekka and nigiri can use these methods and signals to easily interact with IRC.

There are three methods to install maki 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 maki Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install maki

Install maki Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install maki

Install maki 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 maki using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install maki

How To Uninstall maki on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove maki

Uninstall maki And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove maki

Remove maki Configurations and Data

To remove maki configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge maki

Remove maki configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maki

Dependencies

maki have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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