How To Install pidgin-nateon on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-nateon
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pidgin-nateon
pidgin-nateon is:
This is a plugin for Pidgin which provides connections to NateOn instant messaging service by SK Communications, Inc. (http://nateon.nate.com)
There are three methods to install pidgin-nateon
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-nateon 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-nateon
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pidgin-nateon
Install pidgin-nateon Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-nateon
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pidgin-nateon
Install pidgin-nateon 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-nateon
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pidgin-nateon
How To Uninstall pidgin-nateon on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pidgin-nateon
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pidgin-nateon
Uninstall pidgin-nateon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pidgin-nateon
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pidgin-nateon
Remove pidgin-nateon Configurations and Data
To remove pidgin-nateon
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pidgin-nateon
Remove pidgin-nateon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pidgin-nateon
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pidgin-nateon
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-nateon
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.