How To Install lambdabot on Debian 10

Learn how to install lambdabot on Debian 10 with this tutorial. lambdabot is Development tool and advanced IRC bot

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lambdabot on Debian 10.

What is lambdabot

lambdabot is:

Lambdabot is an IRC bot written over several years by those on the #haskell IRC channel.

It operates as a command-line tool, embedded in an editor, embedded in GHCi, via Internet Relay Chat and on the Web.

There are three methods to install lambdabot 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 lambdabot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lambdabot

Install lambdabot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lambdabot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lambdabot

Install lambdabot 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 lambdabot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lambdabot

How To Uninstall lambdabot on Debian 10

To uninstall only the lambdabot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lambdabot

Uninstall lambdabot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lambdabot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lambdabot

Remove lambdabot Configurations and Data

To remove lambdabot configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lambdabot

Remove lambdabot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lambdabot

Dependencies

lambdabot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lambdabot package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.