How To Install cawbird on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cawbird on Ubuntu 22.04. cawbird is Twitter client

Introduction

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

What is cawbird

cawbird is:

A lightweight Twitter client for desktops and small screen devices. Cawbird is a fork of the Twitter client Corebird.

There are three methods to install cawbird 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 cawbird Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cawbird

Install cawbird Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cawbird

Install cawbird 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 cawbird using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cawbird

How To Uninstall cawbird on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cawbird

Uninstall cawbird And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cawbird

Remove cawbird Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cawbird

Remove cawbird configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cawbird

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Summary

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