How To Install srain 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 srain on Ubuntu.

What is `srain`

srain is:

Srain is a modern IRC client with a GTK+ GUI that is:

Fully open source
RFC 1459, 2812 compatible
Partial IRCv3 support
Multi-platform support (Linux, Windows, macOS and BSD) Capabilities of a modern graphical IRC client:
Convenient connection panel
Interactive channel search
Forward message in one click
URL preview
Desktop notification
Special optimization for bridge/relay bot Power-user capabilities:
Anything can be done via commands
Fine-grained configuration with hot update support
Regex based message render and filter mechanisms

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install srain

Install srain Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install srain

Install srain 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 srain using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install srain

How To Uninstall srain on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove srain

Uninstall srain And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove srain

Remove srain Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge srain

Remove srain configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge srain

Dependencies

srain have the following dependencies:

References

srain website

Summary

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