Weechat is a powerful and customizable IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client that runs on Linux, UNIX, and Windows systems. This tutorial will show you how to install Weechat on MXLinux Latest.
Click on the terminal icon to open a terminal window.
To add the Weechat repository, type the following command in the terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:weechat-devs/stable
To update the repository list, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
To install Weechat, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install weechat
To start Weechat, run the following command:
weechat
To connect to an IRC server, use the following command:
/connect SERVER_ADDRESS
Replace SERVER_ADDRESS
with the address of the IRC server you want to connect to.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Weechat on MXLinux Latest and connected to an IRC server! You can now use Weechat to chat with other users on the IRC network.
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