How To Install libervia-backend on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libervia-backend on Ubuntu.

What is `libervia-backend`

libervia-backend is:

Libervia is a multi-frontends, multi-purposes communication tool, based on the XMPP standard. It features:

instant messaging
microblogging
file sharing
games
group permissions (share what you want with the people you choose)
interaction with other networks (IRC, StatusNet, other XMPP networks)
email client access (use your favorite mail user agent (MUA) to communicate on the supported networks)
extensible design

This package contains Libervia’s backend code. You should install it along with one of the frontends: libervia-cli (command line interface) or libervia-tui (curse-based interactive console interface).

There are three methods to install libervia-backend 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 libervia-backend Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libervia-backend

Install libervia-backend Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libervia-backend

Install libervia-backend 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 libervia-backend using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libervia-backend

How To Uninstall libervia-backend on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libervia-backend package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libervia-backend

Uninstall libervia-backend And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libervia-backend

Remove libervia-backend Configurations and Data

To remove libervia-backend configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libervia-backend

Remove libervia-backend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libervia-backend

Dependencies

libervia-backend have the following dependencies:

References

libervia-backend website

Summary

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