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

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "irssi" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install irssi on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall irssi on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: irssi
Version: 1.4.3-2
Installed-Size: 2471
Maintainer: Rhonda D'Vine
Architecture: amd64
Provides: irssi-abi-46
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.61.2), libperl5.36 (>= 5.36.0), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), perl (>= 5.36.0-7), perlapi-5.36.0
Suggests: irssi-scripts
Description: terminal based IRC client
Description-md5: f222734d8d370d75bf620389270c0ade
Homepage: https://irssi.org/
Tag: devel::lang:perl, devel::library, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::perl, interface::text-mode, network::client,
protocol::dcc, protocol::irc, role::devel-lib, role::program,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::chatting
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/irssi/irssi_1.4.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1177384
MD5sum: fc9b8f4bd1302ac8aa51073d630d0df5
SHA256: 01a6adcebb133474c5b1741fcbfc597190fcfd921267b438b3aac5f386658f24