How To Install circle-backend on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install circle-backend on Debian 12.
What is circle-backend
circle-backend is:
Circle is an IRC client which merges the best attributes of a local client and the common screen+irssi recipe:
- Keep IRC connects and state on a backend server, allowing disconnections from local UI.
- Interact with a real local GUI for the frontend, instead of incurring SSH roundtrips for every keypress.
Circle uses Tangence for its underlying communications layer.
This package is meant to be used together with a package providing a user-facing frontend, e.g. circle-term or circle-gtk.
There are three methods to install circle-backend on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install circle-backend Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install circle-backend using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install circle-backend
Install circle-backend Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install circle-backend using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install circle-backend
Install circle-backend 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 circle-backend using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install circle-backend
How To Uninstall circle-backend on Debian 12
To uninstall only the circle-backend package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove circle-backend
Uninstall circle-backend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall circle-backend and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove circle-backend
Remove circle-backend Configurations and Data
To remove circle-backend configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge circle-backend
Remove circle-backend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove circle-backend configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge circle-backend
Dependencies
circle-backend have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install circle-backend package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.