How To Install nigiri on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nigiri on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nigiri
nigiri is:
The sushi IRC suite consists of a central daemon and several clients, which communicate via DBus. DBus methods and signals are provided by the daemon to abstract the IRC protocol. Clients can use these methods and signals to easily interact with IRC.
nigiri is a terminal client for maki and is written in Python. It uses Urwid to realize the interface and supports plugins.
There are three methods to install nigiri 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 nigiri Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nigiri using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nigiri
Install nigiri Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nigiri using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nigiri
Install nigiri 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 nigiri using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nigiri
How To Uninstall nigiri on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nigiri package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nigiri
Uninstall nigiri And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nigiri and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nigiri
Remove nigiri Configurations and Data
To remove nigiri configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nigiri
Remove nigiri configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nigiri configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nigiri
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nigiri package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
