How To Install sopel on Ubuntu 21.04

One-liner install command

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

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install sopel

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

What is sopel and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 21.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 21.04 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 sopel on Ubuntu 21.04. 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 sopel 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 sopel using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sopel

Install sopel using apt

Because sopel is available in Ubuntu 21.04’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 sopel using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sopel

Install sopel 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 Ubuntu 21.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install sopel by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sopel

How to upgrade (update) a single package sopel 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 sopel, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install sopel

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 sopel

How To Uninstall sopel from Ubuntu 21.04

To uninstall only the sopel package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sopel

Uninstall sopel and all its dependencies

To uninstall sopel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 21.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sopel

Remove sopel with all configurations and data

To remove sopel configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sopel

Remove sopel completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sopel

Extra info and code examples

Sopel is a simple, lightweight, open source, easy-to-use IRC utility bot, written in Python. It's designed to be easy to use, easy to run, and easy to make new features for. Sopel comes with a ton of ready-made features for you to use. It can leave notes for people, give you reminders, check RSS feeds, and much more. Sopel also comes with a fully-documented and easy-to-use API, so you can write your own features. There's also an easy tutorial you can follow along with, to help you learn. Developing for Sopel is a great way to familiarize yourself with Python. It's easy to start, but there's no limit to the cool things you can do with it. Sopel was also known as Willie, Phenny or Jenni in previous incarnations.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install sopel using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the sopel from Ubuntu 21.04.

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