How To Install mcabber on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcabber on Debian 11.
What is mcabber
mcabber is:
MCabber is a Jabber (XMPP) text-mode client, which includes features such as SASL support, history logging, commands completion, dynamic modules and external actions triggers.
There are three methods to install mcabber 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 mcabber Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mcabber using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mcabber
Install mcabber Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mcabber using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mcabber
Install mcabber 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 mcabber using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mcabber
How To Uninstall mcabber on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mcabber package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mcabber
Uninstall mcabber And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mcabber and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcabber
Remove mcabber Configurations and Data
To remove mcabber configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mcabber
Remove mcabber configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mcabber configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcabber
Dependencies
mcabber have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcabber package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
