How To Install piespy on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install piespy on Ubuntu 22.04. piespy is IRC bot to visualize social networks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install piespy on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is piespy

piespy is:

PieSpy is an IRC bot that monitors a set of IRC channels. It uses a simple set of heuristics to infer relationships between pairs of users. These inferrences allow PieSpy to build a mathematical model of a social network for any channel. These social networks can be drawn and used to create animations of evolving social networks.

There are three methods to install piespy on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install piespy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install piespy

Install piespy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install piespy

Install piespy 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 piespy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install piespy

How To Uninstall piespy on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove piespy

Uninstall piespy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall piespy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove piespy

Remove piespy Configurations and Data

To remove piespy configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge piespy

Remove piespy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge piespy

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install piespy package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.