How To Install sic on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sic on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is sic
sic is:
sic is an extremely fast, small and simple irc client. It reads commands from standard input and prints all server output to standard output. It also multiplexes all channel traffic into one output. That way you don’t have to switch different channel buffers. So that’s actually a feature.
There are three methods to install sic on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sic
Install sic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sic
Install sic 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 sic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sic
How To Uninstall sic on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the sic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sic
Uninstall sic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sic
Remove sic Configurations and Data
To remove sic configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sic
Remove sic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sic package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
