{"id":10456,"date":"2021-09-28T10:03:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T10:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/?p=10456"},"modified":"2021-09-28T10:03:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T10:03:20","slug":"how-to-install-hexchat-on-debian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/debian\/how-to-install-hexchat-on-debian\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install HexChat on Debian"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>HexChat is an IRC-based communication and coordination software. It has several advantages over terminal-based IRC utilities. It helps users to navigate easily from one chat server to another. In this guide, We are going to learn how to install HexChat on Debian. I am using Debian 10 Buster Edition. All instructions and commands only apply to Debian. Do not try to install HexChat from PPAs as it will result in a system break.<\/p>\n<h2>Installing HexChat<\/h2>\n<p>Run the following command to install HexChat on Debian:<\/p>\n<pre><strong>$ sudo apt install hexchat<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"18\" class=\"wp-image-10457\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/word-image-506.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/word-image-506.png 368w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/word-image-506-300x15.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HexChat will be installed from Debian stable repositories.<\/p>\n<h2>Launching HexChat<\/h2>\n<p>You can access HexChat from CLI or from the dashboard.<\/p>\n<pre><strong>$ hexchat<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p>As soon as it is run, it shows a network list to join.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"487\" class=\"wp-image-10458\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/word-image-507.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/word-image-507.png 359w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/word-image-507-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Uninstalling HexChat<\/h2>\n<p>Simply run the following command and HexChat will be gone from your Debian system.<\/p>\n<pre><strong>$ sudo apt remove hexchat<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"18\" class=\"wp-image-10459\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/word-image-508.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/word-image-508.png 359w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/word-image-508-300x15.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You are good to proceed now.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>In this guide, we learned how to install and remove HexChat which is a nice chatting utility to connect with IRC servers. This guide is solely based on Debian 10 buster edition.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction HexChat is an IRC-based communication and coordination software. It has several advantages over terminal-based IRC utilities. It helps users to navigate easily from one chat server to&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17,562],"class_list":["post-10456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-debian","tag-debian-10","tag-hexchat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}