How To Install rss2irc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rss2irc
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rss2irc
rss2irc is:
This bot polls a single RSS or Atom feed and announces updates to an IRC channel, with options for customizing output and behavior. It aims to be a simple, dependable bot that does its job and creates no problems.
There are three methods to install rss2irc
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rss2irc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rss2irc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rss2irc
Install rss2irc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rss2irc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rss2irc
Install rss2irc 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 rss2irc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rss2irc
How To Uninstall rss2irc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rss2irc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rss2irc
Uninstall rss2irc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rss2irc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rss2irc
Remove rss2irc Configurations and Data
To remove rss2irc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rss2irc
Remove rss2irc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rss2irc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rss2irc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rss2irc
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.