How To Install pidgin-extprefs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-extprefs
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pidgin-extprefs
pidgin-extprefs is:
The Pidgin Extended Preferences Plugin adds additional preferences that have been commonly called for in the past from Pidgin that are either already implemented and hidden, or trivial to implement via a plugin.
There are three methods to install pidgin-extprefs
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-extprefs 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-extprefs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pidgin-extprefs
Install pidgin-extprefs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-extprefs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pidgin-extprefs
Install pidgin-extprefs 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-extprefs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pidgin-extprefs
How To Uninstall pidgin-extprefs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pidgin-extprefs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pidgin-extprefs
Uninstall pidgin-extprefs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pidgin-extprefs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pidgin-extprefs
Remove pidgin-extprefs Configurations and Data
To remove pidgin-extprefs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pidgin-extprefs
Remove pidgin-extprefs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pidgin-extprefs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pidgin-extprefs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-extprefs
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.