How To Install hexchat-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. hexchat-dev is Development files for HexChat

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04

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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.