How To Install gajim-omemo on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gajim-omemo
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gajim-omemo
gajim-omemo is:
This Plugin adds support for the OMEMO Encryption to Gajim.
OMEMO encryption (OMEMO Multi-End Message and Object Encryption) gives you all the advantages you would expect from a modern-day encryption protocol like Future and Forward Secrecy and deniability while allowing you to keep the benefits of message synchronization and offline delivery.
It is compatible with the Android XMPP client Conversations.
There are three methods to install gajim-omemo
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 gajim-omemo 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-omemo
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gajim-omemo
Install gajim-omemo Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gajim-omemo
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gajim-omemo
Install gajim-omemo 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 gajim-omemo
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gajim-omemo
How To Uninstall gajim-omemo on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gajim-omemo
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gajim-omemo
Uninstall gajim-omemo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gajim-omemo
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gajim-omemo
Remove gajim-omemo Configurations and Data
To remove gajim-omemo
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gajim-omemo
Remove gajim-omemo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gajim-omemo
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gajim-omemo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gajim-omemo
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.