How To Install gajim-plugininstaller on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gajim-plugininstaller on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gajim-plugininstaller
gajim-plugininstaller is:
This plugin allows one to install and upgrade new plugins from Gajim’s FTP server.
Note, that this plugin is not needed to install the plugins, that are already in Debian, only for additional plugins. Installing plugins directly from Debian, not using this plugin, is the preferred way. If unsure, do not install this plugin.
There are three methods to install gajim-plugininstaller on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-plugininstaller 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-plugininstaller using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gajim-plugininstaller
Install gajim-plugininstaller Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gajim-plugininstaller using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gajim-plugininstaller
Install gajim-plugininstaller 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-plugininstaller using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gajim-plugininstaller
How To Uninstall gajim-plugininstaller on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gajim-plugininstaller package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gajim-plugininstaller
Uninstall gajim-plugininstaller And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gajim-plugininstaller and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gajim-plugininstaller
Remove gajim-plugininstaller Configurations and Data
To remove gajim-plugininstaller configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gajim-plugininstaller
Remove gajim-plugininstaller configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gajim-plugininstaller configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gajim-plugininstaller
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gajim-plugininstaller package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.