How To Install droopy on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install droopy
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is droopy
droopy is:
Droopy is a mini Web server whose sole purpose is to let others upload files to your computer.
Say you are chatting with friends on MSN Messenger (perhaps with the excellent Pidgin). They want to send you amazing photos they took last week-end, so they use Messenger file transfer. Unfortunately, the zip file is over 50 MB and it is painfully slow. Now relax, droopy comes to rescue.
There are three methods to install droopy
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 droopy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install droopy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install droopy
Install droopy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install droopy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install droopy
Install droopy 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 droopy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install droopy
How To Uninstall droopy on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the droopy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove droopy
Uninstall droopy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall droopy
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove droopy
Remove droopy Configurations and Data
To remove droopy
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge droopy
Remove droopy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove droopy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge droopy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install droopy
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.