How to Install and Uninstall hexchat Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "hexchat" package

Please follow the instructions below to install hexchat on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall hexchat on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hexchat
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hexchat package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: hexchat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.14.3-5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mattia Rizzolo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1021
Provides: irc
Depends: hexchat-common (= 2.14.3-5), libc6 (>= 2.28), 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), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.44.3), libproxy1v5 (>= 0.4.16), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libx11-6
Recommends: hexchat-perl, hexchat-plugins, hexchat-python3, libglib2.0-bin
Suggests: hexchat-otr, unifont
Filename: pool/universe/h/hexchat/hexchat_2.14.3-5_amd64.deb
Size: 327968
MD5sum: 25a53163b7ae1d35f39ef631afb3cac5
SHA1: 047d4ea6d1928327c28bd9dd77062dcfc1e3e893
SHA256: b3d13af1f064ec515158d1c647d26be999569d7f8a400c427906c2ce3b8bd22c
SHA512: 32bb226a1d12d3d25cc78e0bee2ca4266d09dca730aa92d670f40950a67337e1c669ca6d79779da93f315870fc6233f40cf1e5f2230571d958997f0dd7719bb9
Homepage: https://hexchat.github.io
Description-en: IRC client for X based on X-Chat 2
HexChat is a graphical IRC client with a GTK+ GUI. Features include Python
and Perl scripting support, a plugin API, multiple server/channel windows,
spell checking, multiple authentication methods including SASL,
and customizable notifications. For more information on IRC,
see http://irchelp.org/.
Description-md5: 355cb18c605fe27ffc9810a3700b8583
Task: xubuntu-desktop