How To Install psi-plus-skins on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install psi-plus-skins on Debian 12.
What is psi-plus-skins
psi-plus-skins is:
This package contains skins for Psi+.
Psi IM is a capable XMPP client aimed at experienced users. There are keybindings for just about everything, Unicode is supported throughout, contacts are cached offline. Security is also a major consideration, and Psi IM provides it for both client-to-server (TLS) and client-to-client (GnuPG, OTR, OMEMO).
Psi+ is a development branch of Psi IM. Project purposes are: implementation of new features, writing of patches and plugins for transferring them to Psi IM.
List of supported XEPs you may found at: https://github.com/psi-im/psi/wiki/Supported-XEPs
Full list of Psi+ features you may found at: https://psi-plus.com/wiki/en:features
There are three methods to install psi-plus-skins 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-plus-skins 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-skins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install psi-plus-skins
Install psi-plus-skins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install psi-plus-skins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install psi-plus-skins
Install psi-plus-skins 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-plus-skins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install psi-plus-skins
How To Uninstall psi-plus-skins on Debian 12
To uninstall only the psi-plus-skins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove psi-plus-skins
Uninstall psi-plus-skins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall psi-plus-skins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove psi-plus-skins
Remove psi-plus-skins Configurations and Data
To remove psi-plus-skins configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge psi-plus-skins
Remove psi-plus-skins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove psi-plus-skins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psi-plus-skins
Dependencies
psi-plus-skins have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install psi-plus-skins package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
