How To Install ricochet on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ricochet on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ricochet
ricochet is:
Client and server programs written in nickle using the nichrome toolkit
There are three methods to install ricochet 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 ricochet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ricochet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ricochet
Install ricochet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ricochet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ricochet
Install ricochet 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 ricochet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ricochet
How To Uninstall ricochet on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ricochet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ricochet
Uninstall ricochet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ricochet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ricochet
Remove ricochet Configurations and Data
To remove ricochet configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ricochet
Remove ricochet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ricochet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ricochet
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ricochet package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
