How to Install irssi software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install irssi software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

irssi software package provides terminal based IRC client, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) 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 Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Network
Package irssi
Version 0.8.15-5ubuntu3
Description terminal based IRC client
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove irssi software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?