How to Install and Uninstall ircd-hybrid Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "ircd-hybrid" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ircd-hybrid on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ircd-hybrid
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ircd-hybrid" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall ircd-hybrid on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ircd-hybrid
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1496
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dominic Hargreaves
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.2.12+dfsg.1-1
Provides: ircd
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgeoip1, libltdl7 (>= 2.4.2)
Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: whois
Suggests: anope
Conflicts: dancer-ircd, ircd-irc2, ircd-ircu, oftc-hybrid
Filename: pool/universe/i/ircd-hybrid/ircd-hybrid_8.2.12+dfsg.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 330958
MD5sum: 5a37a5ad47c51768d915c6f1e898cc5b
SHA1: df57d60b74510626e5e3fc731445930a9f6c6b0d
SHA256: ebe0982e943e72aa04bcb33e48fc75843f46bf9c95ecd110d93f5f2c8b3955d4
Description-en: high-performance secure IRC server
ircd-hybrid is a stable, high-performance IRC server that features:
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* If enabled, SSL client support and server-to-server RSA encryption;
* Compressed server links;
* Channel exceptions (+e) and invitation exceptions (+I);
* New configuration file format;
* Halfops (+h) and anti-spam user mode +g;
* Dynamically loadable modules;
* Channel and nickname RESV's (reservations).
Description-md5: 58b0dc167ee7133b4f443d4f0320a623
Homepage: http://ircd-hybrid.com/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu