How To Install ircd-irc2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ircd-irc2 on Debian 9.
What is ircd-irc2
ircd-irc2 is:
This is the original Internet Relay Chat (IRC) daemon, allowing interactive character based communication between people connected to this server with IRC clients.
This version of ircd is mostly used on the IRCNet irc network.
There are three methods to install ircd-irc2 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ircd-irc2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ircd-irc2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ircd-irc2
Install ircd-irc2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ircd-irc2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ircd-irc2
Install ircd-irc2 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. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ircd-irc2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ircd-irc2
How To Uninstall ircd-irc2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ircd-irc2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ircd-irc2
Uninstall ircd-irc2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ircd-irc2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ircd-irc2
Remove ircd-irc2 Configurations and Data
To remove ircd-irc2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ircd-irc2
Remove ircd-irc2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ircd-irc2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ircd-irc2
Dependencies
ircd-irc2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ircd-irc2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
