WeeChat is an open-source, fast and light-weight IRC client which can be used with many chat networks like Slack, Matrix, XMPP, etc. In this tutorial, we will go through step-by-step instructions on how to install WeeChat on Linux Mint Latest.
Before installing WeeChat, you must have the following:
First, update your system's package list and software by running the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
WeeChat requires some dependencies to run on your Linux Mint system. You can install these dependencies by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install weechat
If you want to install the latest version of WeeChat, you can build it from source. Follow the steps below to install WeeChat from source:
Before building WeeChat from source, you need to install the build dependencies:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libncursesw5-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libgcrypt20-dev
Download the latest version of WeeChat from https://weechat.org/download/ and extract it.
wget https://weechat.org/files/src/weechat-3.4.tar.xz
tar -xvf weechat-3.4.tar.xz
cd weechat-3.4
Use the following commands to configure, build, and install WeeChat:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-python --disable-ruby --disable-perl --disable-lua
make
sudo make install
You can launch WeeChat by typing the following command:
weechat
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install WeeChat on Linux Mint Latest. You can now launch WeeChat to start chatting using your favorite chat networks.
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