How To Install profanity 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 profanity on Ubuntu.

What is `profanity`

profanity is:

Profanity is a console based instant messaging client for XMPP (Jabber) protocol based chat. It is inspired by popular IRC client IRSSI.

Profanity’s features are:

Supports XMPP chat services
MUC chat room support
PGP, OMEMO, and OTR encryption
Roster management
Flexible resource and priority settings
Desktop notifications
Plugins in Python and C
Support for colorthemes

There are three methods to install profanity 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 profanity Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install profanity

Install profanity Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install profanity using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install profanity

Install profanity 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 profanity using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install profanity

How To Uninstall profanity on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the profanity package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove profanity

Uninstall profanity And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove profanity

Remove profanity Configurations and Data

To remove profanity configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge profanity

Remove profanity configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge profanity

Dependencies

profanity have the following dependencies:

References

profanity website

Summary

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