How To Install gajim on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gajim on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gajim
gajim is:
Gajim is a Jabber client. It has a tabbed user interface with normal chats, group chats, and has many features such as, TLS, GPG, SSL, multiple accounts, avatars, file transfers, audio/video call, D-Bus and Metacontacts.
There are three methods to install gajim 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 gajim Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gajim using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gajim
Install gajim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gajim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gajim
Install gajim 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 gajim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gajim
How To Uninstall gajim on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gajim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gajim
Uninstall gajim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gajim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gajim
Remove gajim Configurations and Data
To remove gajim configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gajim
Remove gajim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gajim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gajim
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gajim package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
