How to Install and Uninstall hexchat Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 29,2024

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "hexchat" package

This tutorial shows how to install hexchat on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall hexchat on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: hexchat
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.16.0-4build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mattia Rizzolo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1055
Provides: irc
Depends: hexchat-common (= 2.16.0-4build1), 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~~alpha1), libx11-6
Recommends: ca-certificates, hexchat-lua, hexchat-perl, hexchat-plugins, hexchat-python3, libglib2.0-bin
Suggests: hexchat-otr, unifont
Filename: pool/universe/h/hexchat/hexchat_2.16.0-4build1_amd64.deb
Size: 379700
MD5sum: 0d7a3d087668cdfabe4f101e165e73e4
SHA1: 645538c4b25d3427d47e9b92a5bc1debeb16ad00
SHA256: 606c305b7088de2c151dc0118a0f3510268ec336cd4aa467fcc3a44ca48340cf
SHA512: 2da3415714d3459aeddad72a75c3ec11698ea032e7b86d14fa70ba4ccbce5404661fcf0c40b9e3f1a4b3ab872617cbddd600c7ae75ad1c3df324f58ab3c8fb62
Homepage: https://hexchat.github.io
Description: IRC client for X based on X-Chat 2
Description-md5: 3bfe3ea667431d0fee42197cdaa40f2c
Task: xubuntu-desktop