How To Install bip on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bip on Debian 9.
What is bip
bip is:
Bip is a IRC proxy that supports replaying logged conversation when a client connects, multiple clients on one irc server connection, It has a handy logging directory structure. It is multiuser, and has a flexible configuration. Some of its configuration can be changed at runtime with special irc commands.
There are three methods to install bip on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bip
Install bip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bip
Install bip 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 bip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bip
How To Uninstall bip on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bip
Uninstall bip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bip
Remove bip Configurations and Data
To remove bip configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bip
Remove bip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bip
Dependencies
bip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bip package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.