How To Install tootle 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 tootle on Ubuntu.

What is `tootle`

tootle is:

Lightweight desktop client for Mastodon

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tootle

Install tootle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tootle

Install tootle 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 tootle using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tootle

How To Uninstall tootle on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove tootle

Uninstall tootle And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tootle

Remove tootle Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tootle

Remove tootle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tootle

Dependencies

tootle have the following dependencies:

References

tootle website

Summary

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