How To Install prosody 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 prosody on Ubuntu.

What is `prosody`

prosody is:

Prosody is a modern XMPP communication server. It aims to be easy to set up and configure, and efficient with system resources. Additionally, for developers it aims to be easy to extend and give a flexible system on which to rapidly develop added functionality, or prototype new protocols.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install prosody

Install prosody Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install prosody

Install prosody 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 prosody using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prosody

How To Uninstall prosody on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove prosody

Uninstall prosody And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prosody

Remove prosody Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge prosody

Remove prosody configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prosody

Dependencies

prosody have the following dependencies:

References

prosody website

Summary

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