How To Install weechat on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is weechat
weechat 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. It is customizable and extensible with plugins/scripts, and includes:
- support of IRC protocol (native)
- support of XMPP/Jabber protocol (with additional script)
- nicklist
- smart hotlist
- horizontal and vertical split
- double charset support (decode/encode)
- FIFO pipe for remote control
- 256 colors support
- incremental text search
- dynamic filtering of buffer content
- Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua, Tcl, Scheme and Javascript scripting
- scripts manager
- spell checking
- highly customizable and extensible
- and much more!
There are three methods to install weechat 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 weechat 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install weechat
Install weechat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install weechat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install weechat
Install weechat 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 weechat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install weechat
How To Uninstall weechat on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the weechat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove weechat
Uninstall weechat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall weechat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove weechat
Remove weechat Configurations and Data
To remove weechat configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge weechat
Remove weechat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove weechat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weechat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
