How To Install bitlbee-plugin-mastodon on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
bitlbee-plugin-mastodon is:
This plugin allows Bitlbee to communicate with Mastodon instances. Mastodon is a free, open-source, decentralized microblogging network. Bitlbee is an IRC server connecting to various other text messaging services. You run Bitlbee and connect to it using an IRC client, then configure Bitlbee to connect to other services, such as a Mastodon instance where you already have an account. The benefit is that you can now use any IRC client you want to connect to Mastodon.
There are three methods to install bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
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 bitlbee-plugin-mastodon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
Install bitlbee-plugin-mastodon Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
Install bitlbee-plugin-mastodon 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 bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
How To Uninstall bitlbee-plugin-mastodon on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
Uninstall bitlbee-plugin-mastodon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
Remove bitlbee-plugin-mastodon Configurations and Data
To remove bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
Remove bitlbee-plugin-mastodon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-plugin-mastodon
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.