How To Install quassel on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quassel on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is quassel
quassel 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 the monolithic client. It contains both core and client and can be used like a traditional IRC client, without requiring an external core.
There are three methods to install quassel 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 quassel 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quassel
Install quassel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quassel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quassel
Install quassel 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 quassel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quassel
How To Uninstall quassel on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the quassel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quassel
Uninstall quassel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quassel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quassel
Remove quassel Configurations and Data
To remove quassel configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quassel
Remove quassel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quassel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quassel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quassel package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
