How to Install ircd-irc2 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install ircd-irc2 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

ircd-irc2 software package provides The original IRC server daemon, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ircd-irc2 

ircd-irc2 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the ircd-irc2 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ircd-irc2 *

You will get with ircd-irc2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

ircd-irc2 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Network
Package ircd-irc2
Version 2.11.2p3~dfsg-4
Description The original IRC server daemon
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove ircd-irc2 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?