How To Install ircii on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ircii on Debian 11. ircii is Internet Relay Chat client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ircii on Debian 11.

What is ircii

ircii is:

The ircII program is a full screen, termcap based interface to Internet Relay Chat. It gives full access to all of the normal IRC functions, plus a variety of additional options. This Version is able to display mIRC colors. It supports “/encrypt -cast”

There are three methods to install ircii on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ircii Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ircii

Install ircii Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ircii

Install ircii 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 ircii using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ircii

How To Uninstall ircii on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove ircii

Uninstall ircii And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ircii and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ircii

Remove ircii Configurations and Data

To remove ircii configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ircii

Remove ircii configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ircii

Dependencies

ircii have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ircii package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.