How To Install tinyirc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyirc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tinyirc
tinyirc is:
A very small, stripped down IRC client. It doesn’t have most of the more advanced commands in the ircII family of IRC Clients, nor does it have any color, but it works, and it’s tiny.
There are three methods to install tinyirc 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 tinyirc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tinyirc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tinyirc
Install tinyirc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tinyirc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tinyirc
Install tinyirc 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 tinyirc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tinyirc
How To Uninstall tinyirc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tinyirc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tinyirc
Uninstall tinyirc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tinyirc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinyirc
Remove tinyirc Configurations and Data
To remove tinyirc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tinyirc
Remove tinyirc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tinyirc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinyirc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyirc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
