How To Install ssh-contact-client on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-contact-client
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-contact-client
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.