How To Install localslackirc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install localslackirc
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is localslackirc
localslackirc is:
This project is a replacement for slack’s IRC gateway that they dropped.
One instance of localslackirc connects to one slack account and one IRC client, passing the messages between the two.
Experimentally it also supports Rocket.Chat.
There are three methods to install localslackirc
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install localslackirc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install localslackirc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install localslackirc
Install localslackirc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install localslackirc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install localslackirc
Install localslackirc 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 localslackirc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install localslackirc
How To Uninstall localslackirc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the localslackirc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove localslackirc
Uninstall localslackirc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall localslackirc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove localslackirc
Remove localslackirc Configurations and Data
To remove localslackirc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge localslackirc
Remove localslackirc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove localslackirc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge localslackirc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install localslackirc
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.