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title: Install irssi on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of irssi for on Ubuntu - The IRC client of the
  future
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/irssi/ubuntu
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# Install irssi on **Ubuntu**

# irssi

[Irssi](https://irssi.org/)

[Snapcrafters](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/snapcrafters "View all snaps from Snapcrafters")

* [Irssi](https://irssi.org/)
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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/irssi/ubuntu#install)

#### The IRC client of the future

Irssi is a modular chat client that is most commonly known for its text mode
user interface, but 80% of the code isn't text mode specific. Irssi comes
with IRC support built in, and there are third party ICB, SILC, XMPP
(Jabber), PSYC and Quassel protocol modules available.

This snap is maintained by the Snapcrafters community, and is not necessarily endorsed or officially maintained by the upstream developers.

### Package name

* irssi

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### License

* GPL-2.0

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### Last updated

* 7 October 2023 - latest/stable
* 7 October 2023 - latest/beta

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Contact

* [github.com/snapcrafters/irssi/issues](https://github.com/snapcrafters/irssi/issues "https://github.com/snapcrafters/irssi/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/irssi/ubuntu#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install irssi

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install irssi

To install irssi, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install irssi
```

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