How To Install piespy 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 piespy on Ubuntu.
What is piespy
piespy is:
PieSpy is an IRC bot that monitors a set of IRC channels. It uses a simple set of heuristics to infer relationships between pairs of users. These inferrences allow PieSpy to build a mathematical model of a social network for any channel. These social networks can be drawn and used to create animations of evolving social networks.
There are three methods to install piespy 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 piespy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install piespy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install piespy
Install piespy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install piespy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install piespy
Install piespy 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 piespy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install piespy
How To Uninstall piespy on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the piespy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove piespy
Uninstall piespy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall piespy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove piespy
Remove piespy Configurations and Data
To remove piespy configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge piespy
Remove piespy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove piespy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge piespy
Dependencies
piespy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install piespy package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.