How To Install folks-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install folks-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is folks-tools
folks-tools is:
libfolks is a library that aggregates people from multiple sources (eg, Telepathy connection managers and eventually evolution data server, Facebook, etc.) to create metacontacts.
This package contains tools to inspect the folks database and import metacontacts from pidgin
There are three methods to install folks-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install folks-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install folks-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install folks-tools
Install folks-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install folks-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install folks-tools
Install folks-tools 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 folks-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install folks-tools
How To Uninstall folks-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the folks-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove folks-tools
Uninstall folks-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall folks-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove folks-tools
Remove folks-tools Configurations and Data
To remove folks-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge folks-tools
Remove folks-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove folks-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge folks-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install folks-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
