How To Install ircd-ircu on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ircd-ircu on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ircd-ircu
ircd-ircu is:
This is ircu, the Undernet Internet Relay Chat daemon, which allows interactive character based communication between people connected to this server with IRC clients. It is based on the latest stable version which can be downloaded from http://coder-com.undernet.org/.
This version is compiled for network usage but it can also run standalone. You can modify its behaviour with reconfiguring/rebuilding.
There are three methods to install ircd-ircu 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 ircd-ircu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ircd-ircu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ircd-ircu
Install ircd-ircu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ircd-ircu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ircd-ircu
Install ircd-ircu 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 ircd-ircu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ircd-ircu
How To Uninstall ircd-ircu on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ircd-ircu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ircd-ircu
Uninstall ircd-ircu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ircd-ircu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ircd-ircu
Remove ircd-ircu Configurations and Data
To remove ircd-ircu configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ircd-ircu
Remove ircd-ircu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ircd-ircu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ircd-ircu
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ircd-ircu package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.