How To Install weechat-core on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-core on Debian 9. weechat-core is Fast, light and extensible chat client - core files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-core on Debian 9.

What is weechat-core

weechat-core is:

WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a fast and light chat client for many operating systems. Everything can be done with a keyboard.

This package provides core plugins and locales files for WeeChat. It currently ships the following plugins: alias, xfer, irc, charset and logger. It is useless without weechat-curses.

There are three methods to install weechat-core 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 weechat-core Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install weechat-core

Install weechat-core Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install weechat-core

Install weechat-core 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 weechat-core using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install weechat-core

How To Uninstall weechat-core on Debian 9

To uninstall only the weechat-core package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove weechat-core

Uninstall weechat-core And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove weechat-core

Remove weechat-core Configurations and Data

To remove weechat-core configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge weechat-core

Remove weechat-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weechat-core

Dependencies

weechat-core have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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