How To Install ircp-tray on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ircp-tray on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ircp-tray
ircp-tray is:
Ircp Tray is a IrDA file transfer program for Linux. It stays inside your system tray, listening for incoming IrOBEX file transfer request, as well as sending file out to remote devices via IrDA.
Ircp Tray is compliant with OBEX Push protocol.
There are three methods to install ircp-tray 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 ircp-tray Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ircp-tray using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ircp-tray
Install ircp-tray Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ircp-tray using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ircp-tray
Install ircp-tray 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 ircp-tray using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ircp-tray
How To Uninstall ircp-tray on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ircp-tray package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ircp-tray
Uninstall ircp-tray And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ircp-tray and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ircp-tray
Remove ircp-tray Configurations and Data
To remove ircp-tray configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ircp-tray
Remove ircp-tray configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ircp-tray configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ircp-tray
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ircp-tray package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
