How To Install picon-news on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install picon-news on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is picon-news
picon-news is:
“picons” is short for “personal icons”. They’re small, constrained images used to represent users and domains on the net, organized into databases so that the appropriate image for a given e-mail address can be found. Besides users and domains, there are picons databases for Usenet newsgroups and weather forecasts. The picons are in either monochrome XBM format or color XPM and GIF formats.
These databases have been compiled in hopes of helping make cyberspace a more personable place. With them, software and services can be developed to identify persons on the net by face (or, at least, by institution logo) instead of by a cryptic e-mail address. Software of this kind is for example xfaces and exmh.
There are three methods to install picon-news 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 picon-news Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install picon-news using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install picon-news
Install picon-news Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install picon-news using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install picon-news
Install picon-news 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 picon-news using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install picon-news
How To Uninstall picon-news on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the picon-news package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove picon-news
Uninstall picon-news And Its Dependencies
To uninstall picon-news and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove picon-news
Remove picon-news Configurations and Data
To remove picon-news configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge picon-news
Remove picon-news configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove picon-news configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge picon-news
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install picon-news package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
