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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "empathy" package

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


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall empathy on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: empathy
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnome
Installed-Size: 3172
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Telepathy maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.12.11-0ubuntu3
Replaces: empathy-call, libempathy-gtk-common
Provides: empathy-call
Depends: libaccounts-glib0 (>= 1.4), libc6 (>= 2.7), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libcheese-gtk25 (>= 3.18.0), libclutter-1.0-0 (>= 1.10.0), libclutter-gst-2.0-0 (>= 0.10.0), 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), libgeoclue0 (>= 0.11.1+git20091217), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.6), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.0), libgoa-1.0-0b (>= 3.5.1), 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), libido3-0.1-0 (>= 0.1.8), 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), libsignon-glib1 (>= 1.8), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.4.0), libtelepathy-farstream3 (>= 0.6.0), libtelepathy-glib0 (>= 0.23.2), libtelepathy-logger3 (>= 0.8.0), libunity9 (>= 3.4.6), libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 (>= 1.3.10), libx11-6, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, empathy-common (= 3.12.11-0ubuntu3), telepathy-mission-control-5 (>= 1:5.12.0), gsettings-desktop-schemas, adwaita-icon-theme, geoclue, telepathy-logger (>= 0.2.13), dbus-x11, gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio
Recommends: telepathy-gabble, telepathy-salut, telepathy-haze, gvfs-backends, gnome-contacts, mcp-account-manager-uoa | mcp-account-manager-goa, sound-theme-freedesktop
Suggests: vino, telepathy-idle
Conflicts: empathy-call
Filename: pool/universe/e/empathy/empathy_3.12.11-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 644582
MD5sum: 004787ec93b4a1abb135b4ea3d3f41c6
SHA1: 6d04fb01f5e542d3610651dfdc9b2113a8334715
SHA256: dd2abfaba4ac12a069533a075a806dbab88978c735d3ac3196e635ab4bff5142
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, 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: 7e0327dce4303071d0439e5937cc317a
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Empathy
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: ubuntu-gnome-desktop