How to Install and Uninstall ekg2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "ekg2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ekg2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ekg2" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ekg2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ekg2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ekg2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ekg2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 6
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:0.4~pre+20120506.1-11build2
Depends: ekg2-core (= 1:0.4~pre+20120506.1-11build2), ekg2-ui-ncurses (= 1:0.4~pre+20120506.1-11build2), ekg2-jabber (= 1:0.4~pre+20120506.1-11build2)
Suggests: ekg2-gnupg, ekg2-scripting-python, ekg2-scripting-perl, ekg2-ui-gtk
Filename: pool/universe/e/ekg2/ekg2_0.4~pre+20120506.1-11build2_amd64.deb
Size: 1362
MD5sum: a3e53440a6e4f8fefdda69f6e020661f
SHA1: ab9e54a9d434fd54b49626722a9d2447ea585cd1
SHA256: 049919e960173d66bf34d161c7f6a25a2169fa3f72dbbe6b443ddae89dc7aa5e
Description-en: instant messenger and IRC client for UNIX systems
EKG2 is an open source instant messenger program for UNIX systems. The program
has a plugin-based structure, and supports multiple protocols, currently
Jabber, ICQ, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, RivChat, PolChat, NNTP and RSS.
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The program has many useful features. Here is a list - unless specified they
are included in the ekg2-core package.
- irssi-like ncurses interface, with mouse support [ekg2-ui-ncurses]
- experimental GTK+ interface [ekg2-ui-gtk]
- spell checking [ekg2-ui-ncurses]
- jogger.pl blog update support
- a simple CAPTCHA (autoresponder)
- Python and Perl scripting [ekg2-scripting-python, ekg2-scripting-perl]
- launching shell commands on certain events
- encryption support (SIM, GnuPG) [ekg2-core, ekg2-gnupg]
- logging to SQLite, plain text or XML files
- sending SMs (using an external program such as sms-pl)
- mail checking
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This is a metapackage which depends on a set of commonly used EKG2 packages.
Description-md5: d5ab71962d0634a575cc26b400b75aa0
Homepage: http://ekg2.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu