How To Install pidgin-blinklight on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-blinklight on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pidgin-blinklight
pidgin-blinklight is:
This plugin for Pidgin will blink your laptops when you get new messages, so you notice them even if the conversation window is not up front and you don’t have or don’t see the window list.
To use this with an Thinkpad’s ThinkLight, you need to have the ibm-acpi kernel module loaded.
To use this with an ASUS laptop, you need to have the asus_acpi kernel module loaded.
There are three methods to install pidgin-blinklight on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pidgin-blinklight Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-blinklight using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pidgin-blinklight
Install pidgin-blinklight Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-blinklight using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pidgin-blinklight
Install pidgin-blinklight 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 pidgin-blinklight using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pidgin-blinklight
How To Uninstall pidgin-blinklight on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pidgin-blinklight package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pidgin-blinklight
Uninstall pidgin-blinklight And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pidgin-blinklight and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pidgin-blinklight
Remove pidgin-blinklight Configurations and Data
To remove pidgin-blinklight configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pidgin-blinklight
Remove pidgin-blinklight configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pidgin-blinklight configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pidgin-blinklight
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-blinklight package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.