How To Install pidgin-plugin-pack on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-plugin-pack on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pidgin-plugin-pack
pidgin-plugin-pack is:
Plugin pack is a collection of many simple-yet-useful plugins for Pidgin. A brief description of each is below.
/exec: execute commands and optionally send their output in an IM/chat window.
AutoProfile: user profile and status message content generator.
Album: archives all buddy icons for all buddies in the user’s buddy list.
Auto Reply: auto-replies on any protocol, also can be specific to each buddy.
Bash.org: provides links to random or select quotes on bash.org and qdb.us.
Buddy List Options: options to hide buddy list on creation and hide menu in it.
Colorize: colorizes outgoing message text.
Conversation Badge: shows the protocol icon in the conversation menu tray.
DeWYSIWYGification: allows user to type in HTML without it being rendered.
Dice: simulates the rolling of dice.
DiffTopic: shows changes when the topic is changed in a chatroom.
Magic 8 Ball: shows random expressions from a Magic 8 Ball toy.
Enhanced History: an enhanced version of the history plugin.
Flip: flips a coin and shows the result in the current conversation.
gRIM: annoy your buddies with a timed series of messages.
Google: writes the results of an “I’m feeling lucky” search to a conversation.
Group IM: send an IM to a group of buddies
Highlight: adds support for highlighting user specified words.
Ignore: ignore either all or just chat communication from a specific person.
InfoPane: use different views for the “details” information in conversations.
IRC Helper: Handles the rough edges of the IRC protocol.
IRC More: adds a couple options to the IRC protocol: - Customized default quit/part messages. - A CTCP version reply.
Irssi Features: implements many features of irssi: - day change notifications - /window, /layout, /lastlog commands - auto-text formatting
List Handler: import and export buddy lists in various formats.
Chat User List Logging: logs the list of users in a chat when you join.
My Status Box: per-account status selectors with other features.
Napster: NAPSTER Protocol Plugin.
Nick Said: to jump to where your name or other words were said in a chat.
Old Logger: stores buddy logs in flat files (legacy format).
Plonkers: announce your ignore list to a chat room and other privacy features.
Purple Schedule: Schedule reminders at specific times.
Separate and Tab: adds two new window positioning methods.
Sim Fix: fixes messages received from buddies using broken SIM clients.
Simple Network Paging Protocol (SNPP): allows sending to pager servers (like sendpage or qpage) via SNPP.
Message Splitter: splits sent messages into smaller ones of a specified size.
SSL Info: adds a menu item to display info about the SSL plugin in use.
Switch Spell: allows changing the spell-check language for each conversation.
Timelog: view Pidgin logs that fall within specific time ranges.
XChat Chats: makes Pidgin use XChat’s indented view.
XMPP Priority: Adds account options that allow users to specify the priorities used for available and away for XMPP accounts.
There are three methods to install pidgin-plugin-pack 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 pidgin-plugin-pack Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-plugin-pack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pidgin-plugin-pack
Install pidgin-plugin-pack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pidgin-plugin-pack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pidgin-plugin-pack
Install pidgin-plugin-pack 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 pidgin-plugin-pack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pidgin-plugin-pack
How To Uninstall pidgin-plugin-pack on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pidgin-plugin-pack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pidgin-plugin-pack
Uninstall pidgin-plugin-pack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pidgin-plugin-pack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pidgin-plugin-pack
Remove pidgin-plugin-pack Configurations and Data
To remove pidgin-plugin-pack configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pidgin-plugin-pack
Remove pidgin-plugin-pack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pidgin-plugin-pack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pidgin-plugin-pack
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-plugin-pack package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
