How To Install inetutils-talk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-talk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is inetutils-talk
inetutils-talk is:
Talk is a visual communication program which copies lines from your terminal to that of another user.
There are three methods to install inetutils-talk 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 inetutils-talk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install inetutils-talk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inetutils-talk
Install inetutils-talk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inetutils-talk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inetutils-talk
Install inetutils-talk 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 inetutils-talk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inetutils-talk
How To Uninstall inetutils-talk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the inetutils-talk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inetutils-talk
Uninstall inetutils-talk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inetutils-talk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inetutils-talk
Remove inetutils-talk Configurations and Data
To remove inetutils-talk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inetutils-talk
Remove inetutils-talk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inetutils-talk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inetutils-talk
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-talk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
