How To Install go-sendxmpp on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 349 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install go-sendxmpp on Ubuntu.
What is go-sendxmpp
go-sendxmpp is:
Go-sendxmpp can send messages or files (if the server supports http-upload) to an XMPP contact or MUC. It is inspired by the perl tool sendxmpp.
There are three methods to install go-sendxmpp on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install go-sendxmpp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install go-sendxmpp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install go-sendxmpp
Install go-sendxmpp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install go-sendxmpp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install go-sendxmpp
Install go-sendxmpp 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 go-sendxmpp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install go-sendxmpp
How To Uninstall go-sendxmpp on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the go-sendxmpp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove go-sendxmpp
Uninstall go-sendxmpp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall go-sendxmpp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove go-sendxmpp
Remove go-sendxmpp Configurations and Data
To remove go-sendxmpp configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge go-sendxmpp
Remove go-sendxmpp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove go-sendxmpp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge go-sendxmpp
Dependencies
go-sendxmpp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install go-sendxmpp package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.