How To Install weechat on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat on Ubuntu.

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 PHP scripting
• script manager
• spell checking
• highly customizable and extensible
• and much more!

There are three methods to install weechat on Ubuntu. 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

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, 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 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

Dependencies

weechat have the following dependencies:

• weechat-curses

References

• weechat website

Summary

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