hexchat command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix hexchat command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

hexchat: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hexchat: command not found

Solutions to hexchat: command not found

How To Fix hexchat: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu hexchat is provided by hexchat package.

hexchat is:

HexChat is a graphical IRC client with a GTK+ GUI. Features include Python, Perl and Lua scripting support, a plugin API, multiple server/channel windows, spell checking, multiple authentication methods including SASL, and customizable notifications. For more information on IRC, see http://irchelp.org/.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install hexchat

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install hexchat.

sudo apt -y install hexchat

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install hexchat

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix hexchat command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.