How To Install hexchat-otr on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-otr on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is hexchat-otr
hexchat-otr is:
A plugin for the IRC client hexchat to support Off The Record (OTR) conversations.
OTR allows you to have private conversations over IM by providing:
- Encryption
- No one else can read your instant messages.
- Authentication
- You are assured the correspondent is who you think it is.
- Deniability
- The messages you send do not have digital signatures that are checkable by a third party. Anyone can forge messages after a conversation to make them look like they came from you. However, during a conversation, your correspondent is assured the messages they see are authentic and unmodified.
- Perfect forward secrecy
- If you lose control of your private keys, no previous conversation is compromised.
There are three methods to install hexchat-otr 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 hexchat-otr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hexchat-otr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hexchat-otr
Install hexchat-otr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hexchat-otr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hexchat-otr
Install hexchat-otr 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 hexchat-otr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hexchat-otr
How To Uninstall hexchat-otr on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the hexchat-otr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hexchat-otr
Uninstall hexchat-otr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hexchat-otr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hexchat-otr
Remove hexchat-otr Configurations and Data
To remove hexchat-otr configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hexchat-otr
Remove hexchat-otr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hexchat-otr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hexchat-otr
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-otr package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
