How To Install telepathy-logger on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-logger on Ubuntu 18.04. telepathy-logger is Telepathy logger service - Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-logger on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is telepathy-logger

telepathy-logger is:

This package contains the Telepathy Logger daemon.

Telepathy is a D-Bus framework for unifying real time communication, including instant messaging, voice calls and video calls. It abstracts differences between protocols to provide a unified interface for applications.

There are three methods to install telepathy-logger 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 telepathy-logger Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install telepathy-logger using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install telepathy-logger

Install telepathy-logger Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install telepathy-logger using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install telepathy-logger

Install telepathy-logger 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 telepathy-logger using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install telepathy-logger

How To Uninstall telepathy-logger on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the telepathy-logger package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove telepathy-logger

Uninstall telepathy-logger And Its Dependencies

To uninstall telepathy-logger and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove telepathy-logger

Remove telepathy-logger Configurations and Data

To remove telepathy-logger configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge telepathy-logger

Remove telepathy-logger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove telepathy-logger configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge telepathy-logger

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-logger package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.