How To Install nyancat-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nyancat-server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nyancat-server
nyancat-server is:
nyancat-server contains the configurations required to quickly set up a nyancat server. This allows the animated poptart cat to be served to many users via telnet.
Installing this package will automatically configure and activate a nyancat telnet server.
There are three methods to install nyancat-server 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 nyancat-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nyancat-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nyancat-server
Install nyancat-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nyancat-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nyancat-server
Install nyancat-server 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 nyancat-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nyancat-server
How To Uninstall nyancat-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nyancat-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nyancat-server
Uninstall nyancat-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nyancat-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nyancat-server
Remove nyancat-server Configurations and Data
To remove nyancat-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nyancat-server
Remove nyancat-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nyancat-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nyancat-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nyancat-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
