How To Install sendxmpp on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sendxmpp on Ubuntu 22.04. sendxmpp is command line XMPP (jabber) utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sendxmpp on Ubuntu 22.04.

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 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 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 22.04

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 22.04, 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 22.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sendxmpp package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.