How To Install charybdis on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install charybdis on Ubuntu 20.04. charybdis is fast, scalable irc server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install charybdis on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is charybdis

charybdis is:

Charybdis is a highly scalable IRC server which presently implements the IRCv3.1 client protocol with some additional components of IRCv3.2. Development of charybdis began in 2005 as a proposed replacement to freenode’s hyperion ircd, designed for use by any network, with roots in ircd-ratbox and ircu. Over time, charybdis has developed, tested and demonstrated many of the features commonly seen in modern IRC networks.

Interesting features that Charybdis has include:

  • SASL support — charybdis was the first IRC server to implement SASL support, resulting in the IRCv3 SASL standards.
  • DNS blocklist support
  • Augmented banlist criteria through “extbans”
  • Channel forwarding (channel mode +f)
  • Optional hostname/IP cloaking (through modules, either usermode +h or +x)
  • Colorcode stripping (channel mode +c)
  • CALLERID (user mode +g) with automatic accept when you send a PM
  • TLS encrypted client and server connections
  • Multi-process sandbox architecture for enhanced security, scalability and robustness
  • Easy to understand configuration
  • A complete user and operator’s manual

Many of the largest networks in the world use charybdis-based IRC servers, including freenode, EsperNet, DarkMyst and others, because of it’s proven scalability, security and robustness track records

There are three methods to install charybdis on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install charybdis Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install charybdis

Install charybdis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install charybdis using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install charybdis

Install charybdis 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 charybdis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install charybdis

How To Uninstall charybdis on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the charybdis package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove charybdis

Uninstall charybdis And Its Dependencies

To uninstall charybdis and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove charybdis

Remove charybdis Configurations and Data

To remove charybdis configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge charybdis

Remove charybdis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge charybdis

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install charybdis package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.