How To Install epic4 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install epic4 on Ubuntu 20.04. epic4 is epic irc client, version 4

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install epic4 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `epic4`

epic4 is:

epic4 is an irc client based on ircII. It is primarily suited to users who wish to write their own irc scripts or have irc scripts written by others.

Previous versions of epic were 100% compatible with ircII 2.8.2, though this is no longer the case. Instead we’ve taken a new direction and chosen to find places where compatibility with ircII is undesirable and fix them. No gratuitous incompatibilities have been added, though many new features have been.

There are three methods to install epic4 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install epic4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install epic4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install epic4

Install epic4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install epic4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install epic4

Install epic4 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 epic4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install epic4

How To Uninstall epic4 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the epic4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove epic4

Uninstall epic4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall epic4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove epic4

Remove epic4 Configurations and Data

To remove epic4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge epic4

Remove epic4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove epic4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge epic4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install epic4 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.