How To Install gaim-extendedprefs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gaim-extendedprefs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gaim-extendedprefs
gaim-extendedprefs is:
The Pidgin Extended Preferences Plugin adds additional preferences that have been commonly called for in the past from Pidgin that are either already implemented and hidden, or trivial to implement via a plugin.
Homepage: http://gaim-extprefs.sourceforge.net/
This is a transitional dummy package to ensure clean upgrades from old releases. It can be safely removed after upgrade.
There are three methods to install gaim-extendedprefs 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 gaim-extendedprefs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gaim-extendedprefs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gaim-extendedprefs
Install gaim-extendedprefs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gaim-extendedprefs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gaim-extendedprefs
Install gaim-extendedprefs 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 gaim-extendedprefs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gaim-extendedprefs
How To Uninstall gaim-extendedprefs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gaim-extendedprefs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gaim-extendedprefs
Uninstall gaim-extendedprefs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gaim-extendedprefs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gaim-extendedprefs
Remove gaim-extendedprefs Configurations and Data
To remove gaim-extendedprefs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gaim-extendedprefs
Remove gaim-extendedprefs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gaim-extendedprefs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gaim-extendedprefs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gaim-extendedprefs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
