How To Install empathy on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install empathy on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is empathy
empathy is:
Instant messaging program supporting text, voice, video, file transfers and inter-application communication over many different protocols, including: AIM, Windows Live (MSN), Google Talk (Jabber/XMPP), Yahoo!, Salut, Gadu-Gadu, Groupwise and ICQ.
This package contains the Empathy IM application and account manager.
There are three methods to install empathy 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 empathy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install empathy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install empathy
Install empathy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install empathy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install empathy
Install empathy 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 empathy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install empathy
How To Uninstall empathy on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the empathy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove empathy
Uninstall empathy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall empathy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove empathy
Remove empathy Configurations and Data
To remove empathy configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge empathy
Remove empathy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove empathy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge empathy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install empathy package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
