IRC Via WeeChat in Linux

Posted on 2018-06-22 Edited on 2024-09-28 In Tools

1. IRC and Freenode

People have been using IRC for decades.

Freenode is an IRC network used to discuss peer-directed projects.

cited from Wikipedia.

It's recommended to have some background about IRC and Freenode on Wikipedia:

2. Popular IRC Clients

Lots of IRC clients can be found on Google. Here, we just summarize some from IRC Wikipedia:

3. 7 Best IRC Clients for Linux

Please just refer to https://www.tecmint.com/best-irc-clients-for-linux/.

4. WeeChat in Linux

4.1 Installation

We can of course directly download the package from WeeChat Download, and have it installed from source. However, installing WeeChat from repository is recommended.

Step 1: Add the WeeChat repository

1	$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb https://weechat.org/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/WeeChat.list'

Step 2: Add WeeChat repository key

1	$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 11E9DE8848F2B65222AA75B8D1820DB22A11534E

Step 3: WeeChat Installation

1 2	$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install WeeChat

4.2 How to use WeeChat

Refer to WeeChat Official Documentation.

Step 1: Run WeeChat

$ weechat

will display:

And we FIRST type in /help

Step 2: Connect Freenode

1	/connect freenode

Step 3: Join a Channel

Here, we select channel OpenCV as an example:

1	/join #opencv

Step 4: Close a Channel

/close

5. Pidgin (Optional)

We're NOT going to talk about it in this blog.