How To Install python-irc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-irc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-irc
python-irc is:
This library is intended to encapsulate the IRC protocol at a quite low level. It provides an event-driven IRC client framework. It has a fairly thorough support for the basic IRC protocol, CTCP and DCC connections.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-irc 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 python-irc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-irc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-irc
Install python-irc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-irc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-irc
Install python-irc 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 python-irc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-irc
How To Uninstall python-irc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-irc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-irc
Uninstall python-irc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-irc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-irc
Remove python-irc Configurations and Data
To remove python-irc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-irc
Remove python-irc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-irc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-irc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-irc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
