How To Install znc-python on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install znc-python on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is znc-python
znc-python is:
znc is an IRC proxy. It runs as a daemon and connects to IRC server, then allows you to connect from a workstation and work as the user that is logged in to the IRC server. After you disconnect, it maintains the connection to the server. It acts like any normal IRC server, so you can use any IRC client to connect to it.
Some of its features include support for multiple users, multiple clients, and multiple IRC servers; playback buffers to catch up with what happened while you were detached, SSL encryption, DCC proxying, and a plugin interface with many plugins supporting other features.
This package contains the znc Python extension.
There are three methods to install znc-python 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 znc-python Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install znc-python using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install znc-python
Install znc-python Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install znc-python using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install znc-python
Install znc-python 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 znc-python using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install znc-python
How To Uninstall znc-python on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the znc-python package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove znc-python
Uninstall znc-python And Its Dependencies
To uninstall znc-python and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove znc-python
Remove znc-python Configurations and Data
To remove znc-python configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge znc-python
Remove znc-python configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove znc-python configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge znc-python
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install znc-python package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
