How To Install purple-lurch on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-lurch on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is purple-lurch
purple-lurch is:
OMEMO is an XMPP Extension Protocl (XEP) for secure multi-client end-to-end encryption. It is based on Double Ratched and PEP.
This package contains the plugin for libpurple clients.
There are three methods to install purple-lurch on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install purple-lurch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install purple-lurch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install purple-lurch
Install purple-lurch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install purple-lurch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install purple-lurch
Install purple-lurch 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install purple-lurch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install purple-lurch
How To Uninstall purple-lurch on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the purple-lurch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove purple-lurch
Uninstall purple-lurch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall purple-lurch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove purple-lurch
Remove purple-lurch Configurations and Data
To remove purple-lurch configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge purple-lurch
Remove purple-lurch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove purple-lurch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge purple-lurch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-lurch package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.