How To Install irker on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install irker on Debian 11.
What is irker
irker is:
irkerd is a specialized IRC client that runs as a daemon, allowing other programs to ship IRC notifications by sending JSON objects to a listening socket.
There are three methods to install irker on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install irker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install irker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install irker
Install irker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install irker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install irker
Install irker 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 irker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install irker
How To Uninstall irker on Debian 11
To uninstall only the irker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove irker
Uninstall irker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall irker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove irker
Remove irker Configurations and Data
To remove irker configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge irker
Remove irker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove irker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge irker
Dependencies
irker have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install irker package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
