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

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "profanity" package

Please follow the steps below to install profanity on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall profanity on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: profanity
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 577
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dariusz Dwornikowski
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.7-1build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgpgme11 (>= 1.2.0), libncursesw5 (>= 6), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libotr5 (>= 4.0.0), libreadline6 (>= 6.0), libstrophe0 (>= 0.8.6), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Filename: pool/universe/p/profanity/profanity_0.4.7-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 156916
MD5sum: ad9c21502a585ac3187bc5349a423204
SHA1: 7ea7a283bb56f025762ed55e47be5b53ba74a0e8
SHA256: 02caaa09e17401eec90d907ed3f7cc725613cf9a8c5caccd5c536a4e29dd5b20
Description-en: console based XMPP client
Profanity is a console based instant messaging client for XMPP (Jabber)
protocol based chat. It is written in C and ncurses, and is inspired
by popular IRC client IRSSI.
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Profanity's features are:
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* XMPP chat services, including GoogleTalk and Facebook.
* OTR (off the record) message encryption.
* Complex roster management with grouping.
* Desktop notifications via libnotify.
* Flexible resource and priority settings.
* Support for colorthemes.
* Support for plugins in C, Python, Ruby, and Lua.
* MUC (multi user chatroom) support.
Description-md5: b903c1be57d055cc67592cf1d1dcf5b4
Homepage: http://www.profanity.im/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu