How To Install ekg2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ekg2 on Debian 10.
What is ekg2
ekg2 is:
EKG2 is an open source instant messenger program for UNIX systems. The program has a plugin-based structure, and supports multiple protocols, currently Jabber, ICQ, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, RivChat, PolChat, NNTP and RSS.
The program has many useful features. Here is a list - unless specified they are included in the ekg2-core package.
- irssi-like ncurses interface, with mouse support [ekg2-ui-ncurses]
- experimental GTK+ interface [ekg2-ui-gtk]
- spell checking [ekg2-ui-ncurses]
- jogger.pl blog update support
- a simple CAPTCHA (autoresponder)
- Python and Perl scripting [ekg2-scripting-python, ekg2-scripting-perl]
- launching shell commands on certain events
- encryption support (SIM, GnuPG) [ekg2-core, ekg2-gnupg]
- logging to SQLite, plain text or XML files
- sending SMs (using an external program such as sms-pl)
- mail checking
This is a metapackage which depends on a set of commonly used EKG2 packages.
There are three methods to install ekg2 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ekg2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ekg2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ekg2
Install ekg2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ekg2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ekg2
Install ekg2 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 ekg2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ekg2
How To Uninstall ekg2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ekg2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ekg2
Uninstall ekg2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ekg2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ekg2
Remove ekg2 Configurations and Data
To remove ekg2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ekg2
Remove ekg2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ekg2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ekg2
Dependencies
ekg2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ekg2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.