How To Install iroffer on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iroffer
on Debian 9.
What is iroffer
iroffer is:
iroffer is a file server for IRC (commonly referred to as a DCC bot). It uses the DCC feature of IRC to send files to other users. iroffer will connect to an IRC server and let people request files from it. Unlike similar programs, iroffer is not a script; it is a standalone executable written entirely in C, from scratch, with high transfer speed and efficiency in mind. iroffer has been known to reach 2MByte/sec or higher bandwidth usage when multiple transfers are occurring at the same time.
There are three methods to install iroffer
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install iroffer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iroffer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iroffer
Install iroffer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iroffer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iroffer
Install iroffer 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install iroffer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iroffer
How To Uninstall iroffer on Debian 9
To uninstall only the iroffer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iroffer
Uninstall iroffer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iroffer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iroffer
Remove iroffer Configurations and Data
To remove iroffer
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iroffer
Remove iroffer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iroffer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iroffer
Dependencies
iroffer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iroffer
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.