How To Install catgirl on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install catgirl on Ubuntu 22.04. catgirl is TLS-only terminal IRC client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install catgirl on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is catgirl

catgirl is:

A minimal terminal IRC client with tab completion, split scrolling, nick colouring, topic diffing, and message filtering.

There are three methods to install catgirl on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install catgirl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install catgirl

Install catgirl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install catgirl

Install catgirl 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 catgirl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install catgirl

How To Uninstall catgirl on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove catgirl

Uninstall catgirl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall catgirl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove catgirl

Remove catgirl Configurations and Data

To remove catgirl configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge catgirl

Remove catgirl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge catgirl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install catgirl package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.