How To Install smuxi-engine on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install smuxi-engine on Debian 9. smuxi-engine is Engine libraries for Smuxi (IRC, Twitter, XMPP, Campfire, JabbR)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smuxi-engine on Debian 9.

What is smuxi-engine

smuxi-engine is:

Smuxi is an irssi-inspired, flexible, user-friendly and cross-platform IRC client for sophisticated users, targeting the GNOME desktop.

Smuxi is based on the client-server model: The core application (engine) can be placed onto a server which is connected to the Internet around-the-clock; one or more frontends then connect to the core. This way, the connection to IRC can be kept up even when all frontends have been closed. The combination of screen and irssi served as example for this architecture.

Smuxi also supports the regular single application mode. This behaves like a typical IRC client; it doesn’t need separate core management and utilizes a local engine that is used by the local frontend client.

This package contains all Smuxi engines and the standalone server.

The standalone server of Smuxi named smuxi-server doesn’t need any GUI. The Smuxi frontends can connect to a running server via the network.

The following Smuxi engines are included in this package:

  • IRC engine
  • Twitter engine
    • receive and post tweets to the Twitter microblogging service.
    • friends timeline, replies view, and direct messages.
  • XMPP engine
    • receive and send messages on XMPP, Jabber, GTalk and the Facebook chat.
  • Campfire engine
  • JabbR engine

There are three methods to install smuxi-engine on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install smuxi-engine Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install smuxi-engine using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install smuxi-engine

Install smuxi-engine Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install smuxi-engine using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install smuxi-engine

Install smuxi-engine 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install smuxi-engine using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smuxi-engine

How To Uninstall smuxi-engine on Debian 9

To uninstall only the smuxi-engine package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smuxi-engine

Uninstall smuxi-engine And Its Dependencies

To uninstall smuxi-engine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smuxi-engine

Remove smuxi-engine Configurations and Data

To remove smuxi-engine configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smuxi-engine

Remove smuxi-engine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove smuxi-engine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smuxi-engine

Dependencies

smuxi-engine have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smuxi-engine package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.