How To Install swirc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install swirc on Debian 12.
What is swirc
swirc is:
Swirc is a BSD licensed, console based and lightweight ICB and IRC client written in C/C++, whose goals are to be portable and secure.
Features:
- TLS/SSL
- Multiple IRCv3 features such as SASL auth mechanism
- Themes
- And more…
There are three methods to install swirc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install swirc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install swirc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install swirc
Install swirc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install swirc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install swirc
Install swirc 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 swirc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install swirc
How To Uninstall swirc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the swirc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove swirc
Uninstall swirc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall swirc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove swirc
Remove swirc Configurations and Data
To remove swirc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge swirc
Remove swirc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove swirc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swirc
Dependencies
swirc have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcurl4
- libgcc-s1
- libglib2.0-0
- libhunspell-1.7-0
- libidn12
- libncursesw6
- libnotify4
- libssl3
- libstdc++6
- libtinfo6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install swirc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
