How to Install and Uninstall erc Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "erc" package

This is a short guide on how to install erc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall erc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                erc
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the erc package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: erc
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1169
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael W. Olson (GNU address)
Architecture: all
Version: 5.3-1ubuntu2
Replaces: erc-speak
Depends: make, emacs22 | xemacs21 | emacsen, emacsen-common (>= 1.4.14)
Suggests: speedbar, bbdb, emacspeak, emacs-chess
Conflicts: erc-speak
Filename: pool/universe/e/erc/erc_5.3-1ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 239458
MD5sum: dcbb7c20251510d411c58fb0ec7bef6e
SHA1: d787d4e09f2e91e63c21a99822093900af0f6c23
SHA256: 9e33adbc541ce52093b9198ab0257a0243853680bfe88f67a042d22d8c88142a
Description-en: an IRC client for Emacs
ERC is a powerful, modular, and extensible IRC client for Emacs.
It supports multiple channel-buffers, nick completion, keyword
highlighting, and more.
Description-md5: b8c7147aa5263e1b20584d6be6c4c53f
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu