How To Install tinyirc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyirc on Debian 9. tinyirc is tiny IRC client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyirc on Debian 9.

What is tinyirc

tinyirc is:

A very small, stripped down IRC client. It doesn’t have most of the more advanced commands in the ircII family of IRC Clients, nor does it have any color, but it works, and it’s tiny.

There are three methods to install tinyirc 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 tinyirc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tinyirc

Install tinyirc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tinyirc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tinyirc

Install tinyirc 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 tinyirc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tinyirc

How To Uninstall tinyirc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the tinyirc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tinyirc

Uninstall tinyirc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tinyirc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinyirc

Remove tinyirc Configurations and Data

To remove tinyirc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tinyirc

Remove tinyirc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinyirc

Dependencies

tinyirc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyirc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.