How To Install libfolks-telepathy25 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfolks-telepathy25 on Debian 9.
What is libfolks-telepathy25
libfolks-telepathy25 is:
libfolks is a library that aggregates people from multiple sources (eg, Telepathy connection managers and eventually evolution data server, Facebook, etc.) to create metacontacts.
This package contains the Telepathy backend for libfolks
There are three methods to install libfolks-telepathy25 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 libfolks-telepathy25 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfolks-telepathy25 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfolks-telepathy25
Install libfolks-telepathy25 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfolks-telepathy25 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfolks-telepathy25
Install libfolks-telepathy25 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 libfolks-telepathy25 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfolks-telepathy25
How To Uninstall libfolks-telepathy25 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libfolks-telepathy25 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfolks-telepathy25
Uninstall libfolks-telepathy25 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfolks-telepathy25 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfolks-telepathy25
Remove libfolks-telepathy25 Configurations and Data
To remove libfolks-telepathy25 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfolks-telepathy25
Remove libfolks-telepathy25 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfolks-telepathy25 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfolks-telepathy25
Dependencies
libfolks-telepathy25 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfolks-telepathy25 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.