How to Install irssi software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

How to Install irssi software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

irssi software package provides terminal based IRC client, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install irssi 

irssi is installed in your system.

Make ensure the irssi package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep irssi *

You will get with irssi package name, version, architecture and description in a table

irssi package basic information:

Distro Debian 8 jessie
Section Network
Package irssi
Version 0.8.17-1+deb8u1
Description terminal based IRC client
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove irssi software package from Debian 8 (Jessie)?