How To Install quaternion 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 quaternion on Ubuntu.

What is `quaternion`

quaternion is:

Quaternion is a Qt-based chat client for the Matrix protocol. Matrix is an open, federated communications protocol.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install quaternion

Install quaternion Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install quaternion

Install quaternion 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 quaternion using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install quaternion

How To Uninstall quaternion on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove quaternion

Uninstall quaternion And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove quaternion

Remove quaternion Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge quaternion

Remove quaternion configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quaternion

Dependencies

quaternion have the following dependencies:

References

quaternion website

Summary

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