How To Install talksoup.app on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install talksoup.app on Debian 9. talksoup.app is IRC client for GNUstep

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install talksoup.app on Debian 9.

What is talksoup.app

talksoup.app is:

TalkSoup is a GNUstep IRC client built on the extensibility of the Objective-C language. The entire IRC client is implemented by plugins, so one can pick and choose what they want to use.

There are three methods to install talksoup.app 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 talksoup.app Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install talksoup.app using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install talksoup.app

Install talksoup.app Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install talksoup.app using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install talksoup.app

Install talksoup.app 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 talksoup.app using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install talksoup.app

How To Uninstall talksoup.app on Debian 9

To uninstall only the talksoup.app package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove talksoup.app

Uninstall talksoup.app And Its Dependencies

To uninstall talksoup.app and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove talksoup.app

Remove talksoup.app Configurations and Data

To remove talksoup.app configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge talksoup.app

Remove talksoup.app configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove talksoup.app configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge talksoup.app

Dependencies

talksoup.app have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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