How To Install circle-backend on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install circle-backend on Ubuntu 22.04. circle-backend is server backend for the Circle IRC client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install circle-backend on Ubuntu 22.04.

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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04

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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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

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Summary

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