How To Install sendxmpp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sendxmpp
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sendxmpp
sendxmpp is:
sendxmpp is a perl script to send text XMPP (jabber) messages, similar to what mail(1) and sendmail(1) does for mail.
sendxmpp is useful for monitoring remote servers (it can warn sending xmpp-messages), and watching VCS commit messages (developers are all connected to a XMPP-chatroom to which messages are sent.
XMPP is an open, non-proprietary protocol for instant messaging. See www.jabber.org for more information.
There are three methods to install sendxmpp
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 sendxmpp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sendxmpp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sendxmpp
Install sendxmpp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sendxmpp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sendxmpp
Install sendxmpp 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 sendxmpp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sendxmpp
How To Uninstall sendxmpp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sendxmpp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sendxmpp
Uninstall sendxmpp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sendxmpp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sendxmpp
Remove sendxmpp Configurations and Data
To remove sendxmpp
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sendxmpp
Remove sendxmpp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sendxmpp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sendxmpp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sendxmpp
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.