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

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "hexchat" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install hexchat on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: hexchat
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 878
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jesse Rhodes
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.10.2-1ubuntu3
Provides: irc
Depends: hexchat-common (= 2.10.2-1ubuntu3), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.88), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.41.1), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.29.4), libproxy1v5 (>= 0.4.11), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0)
Recommends: gvfs-bin, hexchat-plugins, hexchat-perl, hexchat-python
Suggests: unifont
Filename: pool/universe/h/hexchat/hexchat_2.10.2-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 320478
MD5sum: 58071e395ea099a30eac2b46830c814b
SHA1: 569581489180c840723f60504ac222642761b38b
SHA256: 2024cb4664d210cdbf22b4128b37d7b02bee1ae6833669a1c71756487d0bcb0b
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
Homepage: http://hexchat.github.io/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop