freetalk software package provides console based Jabber client, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install freetalk
freetalk is installed in your system.
Make ensure the freetalk package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep freetalk *
You will get with freetalk package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Network |
| Package | freetalk |
| Version | 3.2-10 |
| Description | console based Jabber client |
| Sub Section | Net |