How To Install hexchat-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is hexchat-plugins
hexchat-plugins is:
This package contains the FiSHLiM, Sysinfo, Do At and Checksum plugins. Previously included in the main HexChat package, they’re now separate as they’re not actually required for core functionality.
There are three methods to install hexchat-plugins 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-plugins 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-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hexchat-plugins
Install hexchat-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hexchat-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hexchat-plugins
Install hexchat-plugins 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-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hexchat-plugins
How To Uninstall hexchat-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the hexchat-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hexchat-plugins
Uninstall hexchat-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hexchat-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hexchat-plugins
Remove hexchat-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove hexchat-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hexchat-plugins
Remove hexchat-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hexchat-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hexchat-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
