Complete Guide: Installing xchat on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) 2024

1. Install "xchat" package

This guide let you learn how to install xchat on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall xchat on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xchat
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xchat package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: xchat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.8.8-20
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gianfranco Costamagna
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1024
Provides: irc
Depends: xchat-common (= 2.8.8-20), libc6 (>= 2.28), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtkspell0 (>= 2.0.10), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libperl5.30 (>= 5.30.0), libpython2.7 (>= 2.7), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libtcl8.6 (>= 8.6.0), libx11-6
Recommends: esound-clients | alsa-utils, libnotify4 | libnotify-bin, xchat-indicator, xdg-utils
Filename: pool/universe/x/xchat/xchat_2.8.8-20_amd64.deb
Size: 317840
MD5sum: 5f2a50e500bc479ad8c4c71b69844e4b
SHA1: 3939f13691163da48a573edc488b64f7e6099dee
SHA256: 2f9a604695d809ad5ef5d30bfb2408df7c6d12c77165373cc8674101614d1827
Homepage: http://www.xchat.org/
Description: IRC client for X similar to AmIRC
Description-md5: 0370c60ddc73ff6adff8453648bc7334