How To Install quassel-core on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quassel-core on Debian 12.
What is quassel-core
quassel-core is:
Quassel is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client, meaning that one or more clients can attach to and detach from the central core. It’s much like the popular combination of screen and a text-based IRC client such as WeeChat or irssi, but graphical.
This package provides only the core component.
There are three methods to install quassel-core 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 quassel-core Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install quassel-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quassel-core
Install quassel-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quassel-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quassel-core
Install quassel-core 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 quassel-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quassel-core
How To Uninstall quassel-core on Debian 12
To uninstall only the quassel-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quassel-core
Uninstall quassel-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quassel-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quassel-core
Remove quassel-core Configurations and Data
To remove quassel-core configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quassel-core
Remove quassel-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quassel-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quassel-core
Dependencies
quassel-core have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libldap-2.5-0
- libqca-qt5-2
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5network5
- libqt5sql5
- libstdc++6
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quassel-core package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
