How To Install Haguichi On Ubuntu 16.04

To Install Haguichi on Ubuntu 16.04

Haguichi is free and open source, user-friendly application. It is a Graphical front-end for Hamachi for Linux. It is licensed under GPLv3+. and is written in Vala. Further, it uses GTK+ as widget toolkit. In this article, we are going to see about the installation process involved with Haguichi on Ubuntu 16.04

Installing Haguichi

Before installing Haguichi, make sure you add its repository using the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/haguichi
 Haguichi provides a graphical frontend for Hamachi on Linux.

This PPA contains packages for the latest stable releases of Haguichi.

Homepage: https://www.haguichi.net
Bug tracker: https://bugs.launchpad.net/haguichi
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/haguichi
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpbldo8huy/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpbldo8huy/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key EEA14886 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpbldo8huy/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key EEA14886: public key " Launchpad VLC"  imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Once it is added, update the newly added repo using the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/haguichi/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/haguichi/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [812 B]
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/haguichi/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [812 B]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/haguichi/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [404 B]
Get:7 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]            
Get:9 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages [498 kB]                                               
Get:10 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages [488 kB]                                               
Get:11 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages [444 kB]                                          
Get:12 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages [433 kB]                                           
Fetched 2,189 kB in 39s (55.5 kB/s)                                                                                                 
AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors.
Reading package lists... Done

Now is the time to install Haguichi. Use the following command for the same purpose.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install haguichi -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  haguichi-indicator
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  haguichi haguichi-indicator
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 484 not upgraded.
Need to get 311 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,421 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/haguichi/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 haguichi amd64 1.3.6~ubuntu16.04.1 [295 kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/haguichi/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 haguichi-indicator amd64 0.3.2~ubuntu16.04.1 [16.4 kB]
Fetched 311 kB in 5s (59.9 kB/s)             
Selecting previously unselected package haguichi.
(Reading database ... 176594 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../haguichi_1.3.6~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking haguichi (1.3.6~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package haguichi-indicator.
Preparing to unpack .../haguichi-indicator_0.3.2~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking haguichi-indicator (0.3.2~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.48.0-1ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up haguichi (1.3.6~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Setting up haguichi-indicator (0.3.2~ubuntu16.04.1) ...

Haguichi has been installed, use your Ubuntu Search bar to access it.

Since Haguichi is an interface for Hamachi, you should make sure that Hamachi is installed in your system. If the Hamachi package is not available on your system, you will be prompted to download and install it.

You can also remove Haguichi by using the following commands.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get remove haguichi -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  haguichi haguichi-indicator
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 484 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1,421 kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 176700 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing haguichi-indicator (0.3.2~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Removing haguichi (1.3.6~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.48.0-1ubuntu4) ...

Wasn' t it a simple method to install? Haguichi provides a simple interface for your Hamachi.