How To Install sugar-irc-activity on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sugar-irc-activity on Debian 9.
What is sugar-irc-activity
sugar-irc-activity is:
Sugar is a graphical user interface aimed at children.
Originating as integral part of the OLPC “XO” a.k.a. the $100 laptop, Sugar has since grown into a more widely usable low-resource desktop environment for kids.
This Activity allows you to contact other Sugar users and enthusiasts on the internet and chat with them. It uses a system called Internet Relay Chat, or IRC for short. There are several IRC channels for Sugar users and developers. It defaults to a “room” called #sugar, but you can also enter other rooms by typing /join #room where room is the name of the room you wish to join.
There are three methods to install sugar-irc-activity 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 sugar-irc-activity Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sugar-irc-activity using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sugar-irc-activity
Install sugar-irc-activity Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sugar-irc-activity using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sugar-irc-activity
Install sugar-irc-activity 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 sugar-irc-activity using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sugar-irc-activity
How To Uninstall sugar-irc-activity on Debian 9
To uninstall only the sugar-irc-activity package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sugar-irc-activity
Uninstall sugar-irc-activity And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sugar-irc-activity and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sugar-irc-activity
Remove sugar-irc-activity Configurations and Data
To remove sugar-irc-activity configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sugar-irc-activity
Remove sugar-irc-activity configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sugar-irc-activity configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sugar-irc-activity
Dependencies
sugar-irc-activity have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sugar-irc-activity package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
