How To Install hexchat-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-dev on Debian 10.
What is hexchat-dev
hexchat-dev is:
This package contains the hexchat-plugin.h and hexchat-plugin.pc files, which facilitate building binary plugins. Hexchat is a popular and featureful IRC client with a GTK+ GUI. For more information on IRC, see http://irchelp.org/.
There are three methods to install hexchat-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hexchat-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 hexchat-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hexchat-dev
Install hexchat-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hexchat-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hexchat-dev
Install hexchat-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install hexchat-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hexchat-dev
How To Uninstall hexchat-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the hexchat-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hexchat-dev
Uninstall hexchat-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hexchat-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hexchat-dev
Remove hexchat-dev Configurations and Data
To remove hexchat-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hexchat-dev
Remove hexchat-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hexchat-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hexchat-dev
Dependencies
hexchat-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.