How To Install ekg2-scripting-python on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ekg2-scripting-python
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ekg2-scripting-python
ekg2-scripting-python is:
EKG2 is an open source instant messenger program for UNIX systems. The program has a plugin-based structure, and supports multiple protocols, currently Jabber, ICQ, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, RivChat, PolChat, NNTP and RSS.
This package contains the plugin which embeds a Python interpreter inside EKG2.
There are three methods to install ekg2-scripting-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 ekg2-scripting-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 ekg2-scripting-python
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ekg2-scripting-python
Install ekg2-scripting-python Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ekg2-scripting-python
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ekg2-scripting-python
Install ekg2-scripting-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 ekg2-scripting-python
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ekg2-scripting-python
How To Uninstall ekg2-scripting-python on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ekg2-scripting-python
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ekg2-scripting-python
Uninstall ekg2-scripting-python And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ekg2-scripting-python
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ekg2-scripting-python
Remove ekg2-scripting-python Configurations and Data
To remove ekg2-scripting-python
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ekg2-scripting-python
Remove ekg2-scripting-python configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ekg2-scripting-python
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ekg2-scripting-python
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ekg2-scripting-python
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.