How to Install and Uninstall hexchat Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

You can also install and uninstall the hexchat on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "hexchat" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install hexchat on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hexchat
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hexchat" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall hexchat on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hexchat package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: hexchat
Source: hexchat (2.16.1-1)
Version: 2.16.1-1+b3
Installed-Size: 1000
Maintainer: Mattia Rizzolo
Architecture: amd64
Provides: irc
Depends: hexchat-common (= 2.16.1-1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.51.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.44.3), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libx11-6
Recommends: ca-certificates, hexchat-lua, hexchat-perl, hexchat-plugins, hexchat-python3, libglib2.0-bin
Suggests: hexchat-otr, unifont
Description: IRC client for X based on X-Chat 2
Description-md5: 3bfe3ea667431d0fee42197cdaa40f2c
Homepage: https://hexchat.github.io
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11, protocol::irc,
role::program, uitoolkit::gtk, use::chatting
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hexchat/hexchat_2.16.1-1+b3_amd64.deb
Size: 339848
MD5sum: 6ff677e1caa581dd168eab5aba55ee6d
SHA256: 66bc99a54d5a21e9f35c0f9e6064ebc79241d9c433fb91e8d5017546105e22d3