How To Install purple-xmpp-carbons on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-xmpp-carbons on Debian 12.
What is purple-xmpp-carbons
purple-xmpp-carbons is:
Carbons is a plugin for libpurple that implements message carbons as documented in XEP-0280. This allows one to have consistent history across multiple devices.
There are three methods to install purple-xmpp-carbons 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-xmpp-carbons 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-xmpp-carbons using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install purple-xmpp-carbons
Install purple-xmpp-carbons Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install purple-xmpp-carbons using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install purple-xmpp-carbons
Install purple-xmpp-carbons 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-xmpp-carbons using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install purple-xmpp-carbons
How To Uninstall purple-xmpp-carbons on Debian 12
To uninstall only the purple-xmpp-carbons package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove purple-xmpp-carbons
Uninstall purple-xmpp-carbons And Its Dependencies
To uninstall purple-xmpp-carbons and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove purple-xmpp-carbons
Remove purple-xmpp-carbons Configurations and Data
To remove purple-xmpp-carbons configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge purple-xmpp-carbons
Remove purple-xmpp-carbons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove purple-xmpp-carbons configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge purple-xmpp-carbons
Dependencies
purple-xmpp-carbons have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-xmpp-carbons package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
