How To Install pidgin-libnotify on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-libnotify
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pidgin-libnotify
pidgin-libnotify is:
pidgin-libnotify is a Pidgin plugin which displays notification bubbles in Pidgin using libnotify and notification-daemon.
There are three methods to install pidgin-libnotify
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 pidgin-libnotify 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-libnotify
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pidgin-libnotify
Install pidgin-libnotify Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-libnotify
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pidgin-libnotify
Install pidgin-libnotify 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-libnotify
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pidgin-libnotify
How To Uninstall pidgin-libnotify on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pidgin-libnotify
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pidgin-libnotify
Uninstall pidgin-libnotify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pidgin-libnotify
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pidgin-libnotify
Remove pidgin-libnotify Configurations and Data
To remove pidgin-libnotify
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pidgin-libnotify
Remove pidgin-libnotify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pidgin-libnotify
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pidgin-libnotify
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-libnotify
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.