How To Install smuxi-frontend-stfl on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install smuxi-frontend-stfl

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is smuxi-frontend-stfl and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install smuxi-frontend-stfl on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install smuxi-frontend-stfl using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install smuxi-frontend-stfl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install smuxi-frontend-stfl

Install smuxi-frontend-stfl using apt

Because smuxi-frontend-stfl is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install smuxi-frontend-stfl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install smuxi-frontend-stfl

Install smuxi-frontend-stfl 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 Debian 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install smuxi-frontend-stfl by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smuxi-frontend-stfl

How to upgrade (update) a single package smuxi-frontend-stfl using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the smuxi-frontend-stfl, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install smuxi-frontend-stfl

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install smuxi-frontend-stfl

How To Uninstall smuxi-frontend-stfl from Debian 11

To uninstall only the smuxi-frontend-stfl package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smuxi-frontend-stfl

Uninstall smuxi-frontend-stfl and all its dependencies

To uninstall smuxi-frontend-stfl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smuxi-frontend-stfl

Remove smuxi-frontend-stfl with all configurations and data

To remove smuxi-frontend-stfl configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smuxi-frontend-stfl

Remove smuxi-frontend-stfl completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to smuxi-frontend-stfl package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smuxi-frontend-stfl

Extra info and code examples

Smuxi is an irssi-inspired, flexible, user-friendly and cross-platform IRC client for sophisticated users, targeting the GNOME desktop. Smuxi is based on the client-server model: The core application (engine) can be placed onto a server which is connected to the Internet around-the-clock; one or more frontends then connect to the core. This way, the connection to IRC can be kept up even when all frontends have been closed. The combination of screen and irssi served as example for this architecture. Smuxi also supports the regular single application mode. This behaves like a typical IRC client; it doesn't need separate core management and utilizes a local engine that is used by the local frontend client. This package contains the experimental STFL frontend of Smuxi, it can run either standalone using a local engine or connect to a running remote engine (server). STFL is a library that uses ncurses to draw text based user interface using a markup language (like Glade for GTK+). This frontend is in early alpha state and lacks a lot of interface features and likes to crash.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install smuxi-frontend-stfl using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the smuxi-frontend-stfl from Debian 11.

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