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I used

apt-get install irssi.

to install the IRSSI. But I didn't find it anywhere. Not even if I search for it in Activities. If I try to install it again it says it's already installed. So looks like I did install it but I can't find it!

So I searched the web for "can't find a progam I installed" and it told me "it's probably in /usr/bin". And it is. But how do I open it? And do I have to be in sudo to open it everytime?

This is the location:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1052600 mar 6 14:03 irssi

Any ideas?

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  • did you try to launch it with the terminal with irssi? and if you see problem with permission, so you need the sudo (sudo irssi)
    – damadam
    Jul 17, 2018 at 14:51
  • Launching it with just > irssi works! I'm dumb!
    – Pexan
    Jul 17, 2018 at 14:56

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Just for your information, I usually confirm first if a package has been installed with a command:

$ dpkg -l | grep irssi

To check which files were installed with it I use:

$ dpkg -L irssi

I have just double checked and installed the IRC client - what you need to do is to open a terminal and run it from a command line:

$ irssi

After that the program has started as expected.

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If you want to run it from a terminal, just write irssi. /usr/bin is included in the PATH variable that tell's the system where to find executables.

If it is a gui program, you should be able to search for it in the desktop, or find it in the program menu.

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  • Looks like I'm going to need a GUI. This is still very rough to me... I just want to connect to an IRC ahah
    – Pexan
    Jul 17, 2018 at 14:58
  • You mean like Quassel? :-)
    – Jos
    Jul 17, 2018 at 15:01
  • Something like that, yes. Do you know that if I registered my nick with NickServ I can use it in Quassel?
    – Pexan
    Jul 17, 2018 at 15:05

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