How To Install identicurse on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install identicurse on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is identicurse
identicurse is:
IdentiCurse is a Python written commandline client for Identi.ca and other status.net based microblogging sites. It offers tabs for different microblogging feeds (personal timeline, mentions, direct messages and public timeline by default) and use IRC like slash-prefixed commands.
There are three methods to install identicurse 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 identicurse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install identicurse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install identicurse
Install identicurse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install identicurse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install identicurse
Install identicurse 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 identicurse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install identicurse
How To Uninstall identicurse on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the identicurse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove identicurse
Uninstall identicurse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall identicurse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove identicurse
Remove identicurse Configurations and Data
To remove identicurse configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge identicurse
Remove identicurse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove identicurse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge identicurse
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install identicurse package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
