How To Install nagzilla on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagzilla on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nagzilla
nagzilla is:
Nagzilla was designed to be a Jabber relay “bot” in that it sits quietly in a room until it gets a message to relay to either a chatroom or a person. It is split into two programs:
- nagzillad - the daemon that sits in the room and sends the messages, and
- nagzillac - the client that gets the messages and hands them to the daemon
There are three methods to install nagzilla 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 nagzilla Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nagzilla using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nagzilla
Install nagzilla Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nagzilla using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nagzilla
Install nagzilla 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 nagzilla using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nagzilla
How To Uninstall nagzilla on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nagzilla package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nagzilla
Uninstall nagzilla And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nagzilla and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagzilla
Remove nagzilla Configurations and Data
To remove nagzilla configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nagzilla
Remove nagzilla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nagzilla configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagzilla
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagzilla package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.