Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-python3 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is hexchat-python3
hexchat-python3 is:
This package contains the Python 3 plugin for HexChat. Previously included in
the main HexChat package, it’s now separate as it’s not actually required for
core functionality.
Package: hexchat-python3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.14.3-3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: hexchat
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Mattia Rizzolo [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 92
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.35.9), libpython3.8 (>= 3.8.2)
Recommends: hexchat
Filename: pool/universe/h/hexchat/hexchat-python3_2.14.3-3_amd64.deb
Size: 20432
MD5sum: 0728b5348f11e4cf7c753fa604786197
SHA1: 506eefe0fbf545d090f4aeff4ad951974c9754ed
SHA256: 1f320e3d32ed317a88ff1f11a7cee9feadce14b91d36329d0678bf825d9cb309
Homepage: https://hexchat.github.io
Description-en: Python 3 plugin for HexChat
This package contains the Python 3 plugin for HexChat. Previously included in
the main HexChat package, it’s now separate as it’s not actually required for
core functionality.
There are three methods to install hexchat-python3 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hexchat-python3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hexchat-python3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hexchat-python3
Install hexchat-python3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hexchat-python3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hexchat-python3
Install hexchat-python3 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 hexchat-python3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hexchat-python3
How To Uninstall hexchat-python3 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the hexchat-python3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hexchat-python3
Uninstall hexchat-python3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hexchat-python3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hexchat-python3
Remove hexchat-python3 Configurations and Data
To remove hexchat-python3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hexchat-python3
Remove hexchat-python3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hexchat-python3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hexchat-python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-python3 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
