How to Install and Uninstall empathy Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "empathy" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install empathy on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                empathy
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "empathy" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall empathy on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the empathy package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: empathy
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.25.90+really3.12.14-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Telepathy maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2351
Depends: default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus, empathy-common (= 3.25.90+really3.12.14-1ubuntu1), geoclue-2.0 (>= 2.0), gsettings-desktop-schemas, gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio, telepathy-logger (>= 0.2.13), telepathy-mission-control-5 (>= 1:5.12.0), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libchamplain-0.12-0 (>= 0.11.0), libchamplain-gtk-0.12-0 (>= 0.11.0), libcheese-gtk25 (>= 3.18.0), libclutter-1.0-0 (>= 1.10.0), libclutter-gst-3.0-0 (>= 3.0.4), libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 1.4), libcogl-path20 (>= 1.17.4), libcogl20 (>= 1.17.4), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libenchant1c2a (>= 1.6.0), libfarstream-0.2-5 (>= 0.1.91), libfolks-telepathy25 (>= 0.6.6), libfolks25 (>= 0.9.5), libgcr-base-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgcr-ui-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgee-0.8-2 (>= 0.8.3), libgeocode-glib0 (>= 0.99.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.48.0), libgoa-1.0-0b (>= 3.8), libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.4.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.10), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 146), libmission-control-plugins0 (>= 1:5.13.1~), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpulse-mainloop-glib0 (>= 0.99.1), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.42.0), libtelepathy-farstream3 (>= 0.6.0), libtelepathy-glib0 (>= 0.23.2), libtelepathy-logger3 (>= 0.8.0), libunity9 (>= 3.4.6), libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.15.1), libx11-6, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Recommends: gnome-contacts, gvfs-backends, sound-theme-freedesktop, telepathy-gabble, telepathy-haze, telepathy-salut
Suggests: telepathy-idle, vino
Replaces: libempathy-gtk-common
Filename: pool/universe/e/empathy/empathy_3.25.90+really3.12.14-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 594524
MD5sum: d20f245ebb12307d4b7987f035365c43
SHA1: 4cd273e0210b11e39a634eca092e5e21fee70b08
SHA256: 55b7e2a7a371f366d8b462f29f8b749d221a32fa3d23440f3f5344173ed6561a
SHA512: f6686ab55008f2a2ae82e101a5df17146ca84d658098ae653ae7c5ceecd5fb879a4c3439921b673b2f32505c50af2ce878199da1dfbb54977cf1e580011c791d
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Empathy
Description-en: GNOME multi-protocol chat and call client
Instant messaging program supporting text, voice, video, file transfers
and inter-application communication over many different protocols,
including: AIM, Windows Live (MSN), Google Talk (Jabber/XMPP), Yahoo!, Salut,
Gadu-Gadu, Groupwise and ICQ.
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This package contains the Empathy IM application and account manager.
Description-md5: b757725a72a95a1c2ff8a1e92a185a40