How To Install coyim on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install coyim on Ubuntu 20.04. coyim is safe and secure XMPP chat client

Introduction

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

What is coyim

coyim is:

CoyIM is a chat client using the XMPP protocol. It is built upon https://github.com/agl/xmpp-client and https://github.com/twstrike/otr3. It adds a graphical user interface and tries to be safe and secure by default. The authors’ ambition is that it should be possible for even the most high-risk people on the planet to safely use CoyIM, without having to make any configuration changes.

To do this, OTR is enabled by default, Tor is used by default, and the Tor Onion Service will be used for a server if it is known. Also, TLS and TLS certificates are used to verify the connection - no configuration necessary. The implementation is written in the Go language, to avoid many common types of vulnerabilities that come from using unsafe languages.

There are three methods to install coyim 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 coyim Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install coyim

Install coyim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install coyim

Install coyim 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 coyim using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coyim

How To Uninstall coyim on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove coyim

Uninstall coyim And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coyim

Remove coyim Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge coyim

Remove coyim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coyim

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Summary

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