How To Install anope on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install anope on Ubuntu 20.04. anope is IRC Services designed for flexibility and ease of use

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install anope on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is anope

anope is:

Anope offers various services to maintain your IRC network.

The following main services are included: NickServ, ChanServ, MemoServ, OperServ, BotServ, and HostServ.

The following IRC servers are supported:

  • Bahamut 1.4.27 or later (including 1.8)
  • Charybdis 3.4 or later
  • Hybrid 8.2 or later
  • InspIRCd 1.2 or 2.0
  • ngIRCd 19.2 or later
  • Plexus 3 or later
  • Ratbox 2.0.6 or later
  • UnrealIRCd 3.2 or later

There are three methods to install anope on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install anope Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install anope

Install anope Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install anope

Install anope 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install anope

How To Uninstall anope on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove anope

Uninstall anope And Its Dependencies

To uninstall anope and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove anope

Remove anope Configurations and Data

To remove anope configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge anope

Remove anope configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge anope

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install anope package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.