How To Install psi-plugins on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install psi-plugins on Debian 12.
What is psi-plugins
psi-plugins is:
This package contains officially supported plugins for Psi: * Attention * Autoreply * Birthday Reminder * Chess * Cleaner * Client Switcher * Conference Logger * Content Downloader * Enum Messages * Extended Menu * Extended Options * Gomoku Game * History Keeper * Image * Image Preview * Jabber Disk * Juick * Message Filter * OpenPGP * Off-the-Record * PEP Change Notify * QIP X-Statuses * Screenshot * Stop Spam * Storage Notes * Translate * Video Status * Watcher
Psi is a cross-platform powerful XMPP client designed for experienced users. User interface of program is very flexible in customization. For example, there are “multi windows” and “all in one” modes, support of different iconsets and themes. Psi supports file sharing and audio/video calls. Security is also a major consideration, and Psi provides it for both client-to-server (TLS) and client-to-client (OpenPGP, OTR, OMEMO) via appropriate plugins.
List of supported XEPs you may found at: https://github.com/psi-im/psi/wiki/Supported-XEPs
There are three methods to install psi-plugins on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install psi-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install psi-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install psi-plugins
Install psi-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install psi-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install psi-plugins
Install psi-plugins 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install psi-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install psi-plugins
How To Uninstall psi-plugins on Debian 12
To uninstall only the psi-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove psi-plugins
Uninstall psi-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall psi-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove psi-plugins
Remove psi-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove psi-plugins configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge psi-plugins
Remove psi-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove psi-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psi-plugins
Dependencies
psi-plugins have the following dependencies:
- psi
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libgcrypt20
- libotr5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5xml5
- libstdc++6
- libtidy5deb1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install psi-plugins package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
