How To Install irssi-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install irssi-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. irssi-dev is terminal based IRC client - development files terminal based IRC client - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install irssi-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is irssi-dev

irssi-dev is:

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.

Features include:

  • Autologging
  • Formats and themes
  • Configurable keybindings
  • Paste detection
  • Perl scripting
  • Irssi-proxy
  • Transparent upgrading
  • Recode support

This package includes the development files for the irssi client.

Package: irssi-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.2.2-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: net Source: irssi Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Rhonda D’Vine [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 293 Depends: irssi (= 1.2.2-1ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/i/irssi/irssi-dev_1.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 48940 MD5sum: 4bc62c6b1b30c88ddfd56e26c7c61f77 SHA1: 1347f9b7301818beac8159d6c5a36d08216a1888 SHA256: e9d77cb3dd36c3e03338ae19466566f84baf344acc2cbe4dfeb69c058b789f2c Homepage: https://irssi.org/ Description-en: terminal based IRC client - development files Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.

Features include:

  • Autologging
  • Formats and themes
  • Configurable keybindings
  • Paste detection
  • Perl scripting
  • Irssi-proxy
  • Transparent upgrading
  • Recode support

This package includes the development files for the irssi client.

There are three methods to install irssi-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install irssi-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install irssi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install irssi-dev

Install irssi-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install irssi-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install irssi-dev

Install irssi-dev 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. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install irssi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install irssi-dev

How To Uninstall irssi-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the irssi-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove irssi-dev

Uninstall irssi-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall irssi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove irssi-dev

Remove irssi-dev Configurations and Data

To remove irssi-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge irssi-dev

Remove irssi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove irssi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge irssi-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install irssi-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.