irssi command not found

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

Introduction

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

irssi: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: irssi: command not found

Solutions to irssi: command not found

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

In Ubuntu irssi is provided by irssi package.

irssi is:

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.

Features include:

  • Autologging
  • Formats and themes
  • Configurable keybindings
  • Paste detection
  • Perl scripting
  • Irssi-proxy
  • Transparent upgrading
  • Recode support

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

sudo apt-get -y install irssi

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

You can also use apt command to install irssi.

sudo apt -y install irssi

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

sudo aptitude install irssi

Summary

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