How To Install gozerbot on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gozerbot on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gozerbot
gozerbot is:
Gozerbot is a channel bot that aids with conversation in IRC channels and Jabber conference rooms. It’s mainly used to send notifications (RSS, Nagios, etc.) and to provide custom commands for the channel. More then just a channel bot Gozerbot aims to provide a platform for the user to program his own bot and make it into something that’s useful. This is done with a plugin structure that makes it easy to program your own plugins. But Gozerbot comes with some batteries included, there are now over 100 plugins already written and ready for use.
There are three methods to install gozerbot 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 gozerbot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gozerbot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gozerbot
Install gozerbot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gozerbot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gozerbot
Install gozerbot 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 gozerbot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gozerbot
How To Uninstall gozerbot on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gozerbot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gozerbot
Uninstall gozerbot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gozerbot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gozerbot
Remove gozerbot Configurations and Data
To remove gozerbot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gozerbot
Remove gozerbot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gozerbot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gozerbot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gozerbot package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
