How To Install psi-plus-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install psi-plus-common on Ubuntu 18.04. psi-plus-common is common files for Psi+

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install psi-plus-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is psi-plus-common

psi-plus-common is:

This package contains common files for Psi+.

Psi IM is a cross-platform powerful XMPP/Jabber client (Qt, C++) designed for the Jabber power users. Psi+ is a development branch of Psi client by [email protected] team.

Project Purpose: collection, refinement and writing new patches for transferring them to Psi IM upstream.

Full list of features you can found at: http://psi-plus.com/wiki/en:features

There are three methods to install psi-plus-common 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 psi-plus-common 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-plus-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install psi-plus-common

Install psi-plus-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install psi-plus-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install psi-plus-common

Install psi-plus-common 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 psi-plus-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install psi-plus-common

How To Uninstall psi-plus-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the psi-plus-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove psi-plus-common

Uninstall psi-plus-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall psi-plus-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove psi-plus-common

Remove psi-plus-common Configurations and Data

To remove psi-plus-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge psi-plus-common

Remove psi-plus-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove psi-plus-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psi-plus-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install psi-plus-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.