weechat command not found

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

Introduction

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

weechat: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: weechat: command not found

Solutions to weechat: command not found

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

In Ubuntu weechat is provided by weechat-curses package.

weechat-curses is:

WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a fast and light chat client for many operating systems. Everything can be done with a keyboard. It is customizable and extensible with plugins/scripts, and includes:

support of IRC protocol (native)
support of XMPP/Jabber protocol (with additional script)
nicklist
smart hotlist
horizontal and vertical split
double charset support (decode/encode)
FIFO pipe for remote control
256 colors support
incremental text search
dynamic filtering of buffer content
Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua, Tcl, Scheme and PHP scripting
script manager
spell checking
highly customizable and extensible
and much more!

This package provides the console client (ncurses).

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

sudo apt-get -y install weechat-curses

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

You can also use apt command to install weechat-curses.

sudo apt -y install weechat-curses

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

sudo aptitude install weechat-curses

Summary

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