How To Install epic5 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install epic5 on Debian 12.
What is epic5
epic5 is:
epic5 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 epic5 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 epic5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install epic5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install epic5
Install epic5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install epic5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install epic5
Install epic5 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 epic5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install epic5
How To Uninstall epic5 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the epic5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove epic5
Uninstall epic5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall epic5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove epic5
Remove epic5 Configurations and Data
To remove epic5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge epic5
Remove epic5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove epic5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge epic5
Dependencies
epic5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install epic5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.