How To Install ircii on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ircii on Debian 10.
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 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 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 10
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 10, 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 10 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 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.