How To Install ssh-contact-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-contact-client on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ssh-contact-client
ssh-contact-client is:
SSH-Contact is a client/service tool that makes easy to connect your telepathy IM contacts via SSH. No need to care about dynamic IP, NAT, port forwarding or firewalls anymore; if you can chat with a friend, you can also SSH him.
This package contains the client side of ssh-contact.
There are three methods to install ssh-contact-client 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 ssh-contact-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ssh-contact-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ssh-contact-client
Install ssh-contact-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ssh-contact-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ssh-contact-client
Install ssh-contact-client 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 ssh-contact-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ssh-contact-client
How To Uninstall ssh-contact-client on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ssh-contact-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ssh-contact-client
Uninstall ssh-contact-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ssh-contact-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssh-contact-client
Remove ssh-contact-client Configurations and Data
To remove ssh-contact-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ssh-contact-client
Remove ssh-contact-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ssh-contact-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssh-contact-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-contact-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
