How To Install gajim-antispam on Debian 10

Learn how to install gajim-antispam on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gajim-antispam is Gajim plugin to block some incoming messages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gajim-antispam on Debian 10.

What is gajim-antispam

gajim-antispam is:

With this plugin, Gajim users can block:

  • Incoming PubSub messages
  • Incoming Messages from Contacts not in your Roster
  • You can set a question that has to be answered from contacts not in your roster, before they can pass the spam filter Note, that the plugin might interact badly with some IRC gateways.

There are three methods to install gajim-antispam on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gajim-antispam Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gajim-antispam

Install gajim-antispam Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gajim-antispam

Install gajim-antispam 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 gajim-antispam using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gajim-antispam

How To Uninstall gajim-antispam on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gajim-antispam package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gajim-antispam

Uninstall gajim-antispam And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gajim-antispam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gajim-antispam

Remove gajim-antispam Configurations and Data

To remove gajim-antispam configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gajim-antispam

Remove gajim-antispam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gajim-antispam

Dependencies

gajim-antispam have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gajim-antispam package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.