How To Install coccinella on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install coccinella on Debian 9.
What is coccinella
coccinella is:
Coccinella is a cross-platform communication tool with a built-in whiteboard for improved collaboration with other people.
The whiteboard is a shared desktop which supports text, drawings, images, and multimedia in a number of formats, such as MP3 and video.
The protocol being used by coccinella for chat and whiteboard communication is the XMPP protocol (Jabber).
There are three methods to install coccinella on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install coccinella Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install coccinella using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install coccinella
Install coccinella Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install coccinella using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install coccinella
Install coccinella 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 coccinella using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install coccinella
How To Uninstall coccinella on Debian 9
To uninstall only the coccinella package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove coccinella
Uninstall coccinella And Its Dependencies
To uninstall coccinella and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove coccinella
Remove coccinella Configurations and Data
To remove coccinella configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge coccinella
Remove coccinella configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove coccinella configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coccinella
Dependencies
coccinella have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install coccinella package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.