How To Install matrix-mirage 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 matrix-mirage on Ubuntu.

What is `matrix-mirage`

matrix-mirage is:

Mirage is a fancy, customizable, keyboard-operable chat client for the Matrix protocol, written in Qt/QML and Python.

Notable Matrix features supported:

Markdown parsing when sending messages
End-to-end encryption
Multiple concurrent accounts
Session administration
Room administration

Notable Matrix features missing:

Communities (a.k.a. groups of rooms)
Audio/video chat

Matrix is an open, federated communications protocol.

There are three methods to install matrix-mirage 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 matrix-mirage Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install matrix-mirage

Install matrix-mirage Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install matrix-mirage

Install matrix-mirage 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 matrix-mirage using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install matrix-mirage

How To Uninstall matrix-mirage on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the matrix-mirage package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove matrix-mirage

Uninstall matrix-mirage And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove matrix-mirage

Remove matrix-mirage Configurations and Data

To remove matrix-mirage configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge matrix-mirage

Remove matrix-mirage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge matrix-mirage

Dependencies

matrix-mirage have the following dependencies:

References

matrix-mirage website

Summary

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