How To Install revolt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install revolt on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is revolt
revolt is:
Revolt is a small application which wraps the Riot.im webapp to provide better integration with desktop environments in general, and GNOME in particular:
- Having Riot as a “standalone” application with its own window, launcher, icon, etc. instead of it living in a browser tab.
- Persistent notifications (for desktop environments supporting them, i.e. GNOME). Notifications are automatically prevented when the Revolt window is focused.
- Status icon for desktop environment which have a tray bar applet (XFCE, Budgie, likely many others).
Riot.im is a chat client for Matrix, an open, federated communications protocol.
There are three methods to install revolt 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 revolt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install revolt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install revolt
Install revolt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install revolt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install revolt
Install revolt 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 revolt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install revolt
How To Uninstall revolt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the revolt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove revolt
Uninstall revolt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall revolt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove revolt
Remove revolt Configurations and Data
To remove revolt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge revolt
Remove revolt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove revolt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge revolt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install revolt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
