How To Install purple-rocketchat on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-rocketchat on Debian 12.
What is purple-rocketchat
purple-rocketchat is:
This is a protocol plugin for libpurple that enables libpurple applications, like Pidgin or Spectrum 2, to connect to Rocket.Chat servers.
There are three methods to install purple-rocketchat 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 purple-rocketchat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install purple-rocketchat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install purple-rocketchat
Install purple-rocketchat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install purple-rocketchat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install purple-rocketchat
Install purple-rocketchat 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 purple-rocketchat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install purple-rocketchat
How To Uninstall purple-rocketchat on Debian 12
To uninstall only the purple-rocketchat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove purple-rocketchat
Uninstall purple-rocketchat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall purple-rocketchat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove purple-rocketchat
Remove purple-rocketchat Configurations and Data
To remove purple-rocketchat configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge purple-rocketchat
Remove purple-rocketchat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove purple-rocketchat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge purple-rocketchat
Dependencies
purple-rocketchat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-rocketchat package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
