How To Install yaws-chat on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 334 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yaws-chat on Ubuntu.
What is yaws-chat
yaws-chat is:
Yaws-chat allows one to create a very simple web-based chatroom.
There are three methods to install yaws-chat 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 yaws-chat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yaws-chat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yaws-chat
Install yaws-chat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yaws-chat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yaws-chat
Install yaws-chat 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 yaws-chat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yaws-chat
How To Uninstall yaws-chat on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the yaws-chat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yaws-chat
Uninstall yaws-chat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yaws-chat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaws-chat
Remove yaws-chat Configurations and Data
To remove yaws-chat configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yaws-chat
Remove yaws-chat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yaws-chat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaws-chat
Dependencies
yaws-chat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yaws-chat package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.