How To Install kgb-bot on Debian 10

Learn how to install kgb-bot on Debian 10 with this tutorial. kgb-bot is IRC collaboration bot

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kgb-bot on Debian 10.

What is kgb-bot

kgb-bot is:

KGB is an IRC bot, helping people work together by notifying an IRC channel when a commit occurs.

It supports multiple repositories/IRC channels and is fully configurable.

This package contains the server-side daemon, kgb-bot, which is responsible for relaying commit notifications to IRC.

There are three methods to install kgb-bot on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kgb-bot Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kgb-bot using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kgb-bot

Install kgb-bot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kgb-bot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kgb-bot

Install kgb-bot 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 kgb-bot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kgb-bot

How To Uninstall kgb-bot on Debian 10

To uninstall only the kgb-bot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kgb-bot

Uninstall kgb-bot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kgb-bot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kgb-bot

Remove kgb-bot Configurations and Data

To remove kgb-bot configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kgb-bot

Remove kgb-bot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kgb-bot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kgb-bot

Dependencies

kgb-bot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kgb-bot package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.