How To Install pyicqt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pyicqt
on Debian 9.
What is pyicqt
pyicqt is:
PyICQt provides a gateway which allows Jabber users to communicate with their contacts on the ICQ Messenger network. It can connect to any Jabber server that supports the Connect component mechanism.
There are three methods to install pyicqt
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pyicqt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pyicqt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pyicqt
Install pyicqt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pyicqt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pyicqt
Install pyicqt 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 pyicqt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pyicqt
How To Uninstall pyicqt on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pyicqt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pyicqt
Uninstall pyicqt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pyicqt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pyicqt
Remove pyicqt Configurations and Data
To remove pyicqt
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pyicqt
Remove pyicqt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pyicqt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pyicqt
Dependencies
pyicqt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pyicqt
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.