How To Install ruby-diaspora-vines on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-diaspora-vines on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-diaspora-vines is Vines fork build for diaspora integration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-diaspora-vines on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-diaspora-vines

ruby-diaspora-vines is:

The vines gem installs a fully standards-compliant XMPP chat server. Vines is an XMPP chat server that connects you with large clusters easily. DO NOT use it unless you know what you are doing!

There are three methods to install ruby-diaspora-vines on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ruby-diaspora-vines Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-diaspora-vines

Install ruby-diaspora-vines Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-diaspora-vines using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-diaspora-vines

Install ruby-diaspora-vines 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 ruby-diaspora-vines using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-diaspora-vines

How To Uninstall ruby-diaspora-vines on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-diaspora-vines package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-diaspora-vines

Uninstall ruby-diaspora-vines And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-diaspora-vines and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-diaspora-vines

Remove ruby-diaspora-vines Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-diaspora-vines configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-diaspora-vines

Remove ruby-diaspora-vines configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-diaspora-vines configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-diaspora-vines

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-diaspora-vines package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.