How to Install irssi software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install irssi software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

irssi software package provides terminal based IRC client, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) 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 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Network
Package irssi
Version 0.8.19-1ubuntu2
Description terminal based IRC client
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove irssi software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?