How To Install ricochet-im on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ricochet-im on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ricochet-im
ricochet-im is:
Ricochet is an experiment with a different kind of instant messaging that doesn’t trust anyone with your identity, your contact list, or your communications.
- You can chat without exposing your identity (or IP address) to anyone
- Nobody can discover who your contacts are or when you talk (metadata-free)
- There are no servers or operators to compromise that could access your information
- It’s cross-platform and easy for non-technical users
Ricochet is a peer-to-peer instant messaging system built on Tor hidden services. Your login is your hidden service address, and contacts connect to you (not an intermediate server) through Tor. The rendezvous system makes it extremely hard for anyone to learn your identity from your address.
Ricochet is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Tor Project. For more information, you can read about Tor and learn about Ricochet’s design or protocol (or the old protocol). Everything is open-source and open to contribution.
This software is an experiment. It hasn’t been audited or formally reviewed by anyone. Security and anonymity are difficult topics, and you should carefully evaluate your risks and exposure with any software. Do not rely on Ricochet for your safety.
There are three methods to install ricochet-im 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 ricochet-im Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ricochet-im using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ricochet-im
Install ricochet-im Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ricochet-im using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ricochet-im
Install ricochet-im 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 ricochet-im using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ricochet-im
How To Uninstall ricochet-im on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ricochet-im package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ricochet-im
Uninstall ricochet-im And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ricochet-im and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ricochet-im
Remove ricochet-im Configurations and Data
To remove ricochet-im configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ricochet-im
Remove ricochet-im configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ricochet-im configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ricochet-im
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ricochet-im package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
