{"id":4041,"date":"2014-10-04T14:19:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T14:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=4041"},"modified":"2014-10-04T14:19:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T14:19:21","slug":"install-the-latest-quassel-irc-client-in-ubuntu-via-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/10\/install-the-latest-quassel-irc-client-in-ubuntu-via-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Install The Latest Quassel IRC Client in Ubuntu via PPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/icon_irc1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/icon_irc1.png\" alt=\"Install Quassel irc client ubuntu\" width=\"235\" height=\"235\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/icon_irc1.png 235w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/icon_irc1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This quick tutorial shows you how to install the latest release of Quassel IRC client in Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and derivatives via PPA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/quassel-irc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quassel<\/a> is a modern, cross-platform, distributed KDE \/ Qt IRC client. One (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from a central core. It&#8217;s much like the popular combination of screen and a text-based IRC client such as WeeChat, but graphical.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/quassel-irc-client.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/quassel-irc-client.jpg\" alt=\"Quassel Irc Client\" width=\"600\" height=\"349\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/quassel-irc-client.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/quassel-irc-client-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Ubuntu 14.04 Software Center provides Quassel 0.10, the latest release has recently reached 0.11. See what&#8217;s new:<\/p>\n<p>changes in v0.10.1:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fix buffer hotlist sorting<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Split CTCP messages if they&#8217;re too long<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Make database problems more obvious<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fix backlog loading for QuasselDroid<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Properly save the toolbar state on Mac OSX<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fix a crash with KDE&#8217;s network detection<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Various other fixes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>changes in v0.11.0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">New build requirements: C++11 capable compiler (gcc 4.7+, clang 3.3+, MSVC 2013+), cmake 2.8.9+<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Full support for Qt 5.2+ in addition to Qt 4.6+<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;\">Completely revamp the build system, making use of &#8220;new&#8221; CMake features<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Install Quassel IRC Clien via PPA:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Michael Marley, <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~mamarley\/+archive\/ubuntu\/quassel\" target=\"_blank\">a PPA repository<\/a> has been created with the latest stable builds of Quassel packages for Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run the command below to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mamarley\/quassel<\/pre>\n<p>Type in your user password when it asks. Note that there is no visual feed back when you&#8217;re typing a password.<\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then update and install the client:<\/p>\n<p>For KDE build, run:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install quassel<\/pre>\n<p>For Qt build, run:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install quassel-qt4<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/install-quassel-ppa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/install-quassel-ppa.jpg\" alt=\"Install Quassel IRC Client\" width=\"580\" height=\"243\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/install-quassel-ppa.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/install-quassel-ppa-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, open the irc client from Unity dash or application menu and you can receive future updates by running regular update via Software Updater.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick tutorial shows you how to install the latest release of Quassel IRC client in Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and derivatives via PPA. 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