How To Install tkabber-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkabber-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tkabber-plugins
tkabber-plugins is:
This package provides the set of standard plugins for Tkabber, a sophisticated XMPP (Jabber) GUI client. These plugins provide various functional enhancements for Tkabber, implement several board games for two players and much more.
Each plugin can be installed and uninstalled separately so that you can pick from this collection just what you want.
There are three methods to install tkabber-plugins 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 tkabber-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tkabber-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tkabber-plugins
Install tkabber-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tkabber-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tkabber-plugins
Install tkabber-plugins 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 tkabber-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tkabber-plugins
How To Uninstall tkabber-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tkabber-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tkabber-plugins
Uninstall tkabber-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tkabber-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tkabber-plugins
Remove tkabber-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove tkabber-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tkabber-plugins
Remove tkabber-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tkabber-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tkabber-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkabber-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
