{"id":44979,"date":"2023-12-24T16:24:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T16:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=44979"},"modified":"2023-12-24T16:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T16:24:20","slug":"chatterino-twitch-chat-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/chatterino-twitch-chat-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Chatterino &#8211; Twitch Chat Client with Enhanced Features [Ubuntu PPA]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-44980\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-icon-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This simple tutorial shows how to install Chatterino, a Twitch Chat app with enhanced features, in Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04, 23.10 via PPA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Chatterino\/chatterino2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatterino<\/a> is a free and open-source chat app for Twitch.tv. With it, you can connect <i><b>as many channels as you like<\/b><\/i> to, either in tabs <b><i>or in single tab side-by-side<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44981\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-600x467.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-600x467.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-300x234.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino.webp 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The client supports features, such as <em>Chat Replies<\/em> by right-clicking a message and choose &#8220;Reply to message&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Left clicking a user will open dialog for user info, message history, as well as buttons to block, ignore highlight, etc. And, right-click on user allows to @ mention him\/her in message.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-userdialog.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44982\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-userdialog.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-userdialog.webp 438w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino-userdialog-248x300.webp 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It supports emotes from BetterTTV, FrankerFaceZ, and 7TV, allows to drag&#8217;n&#8217;drop image or paste image from clipboard to upload to custom service, such as imgur.com, though not enabled by default.<\/p>\n<p>Other features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hotkeys (customizable)<\/li>\n<li>Link preview (not enabled by default)<\/li>\n<li>Ignore or highlight messages<\/li>\n<li>Search, filters, regular expressions<\/li>\n<li>And more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install Chatterino via Ubuntu PPA<\/h3>\n<p>The app provides Windows .exe, macOS .dmg, Ubuntu .deb and Linux .AppImage packages for downloading in its <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Chatterino\/chatterino2\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Github releases<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>For Ubuntu\/Linux Mint users, the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~chatterino\/+archive\/ubuntu\/chatterino2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official PPA<\/a> is a better choice to keep the app up-to-date. Which, so far supports Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, &amp; Ubuntu 23.10 on amd64 (Intel\/AMD) and arm64\/armhf (Apple M1\/M2, Raspberry Pi) devices.<\/p>\n<p>1. First, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. Then, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chatterino\/chatterino2<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino2-ppa.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44983\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino2-ppa-600x389.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino2-ppa-600x389.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino2-ppa-300x195.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino2-ppa-768x498.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/chatterino2-ppa.webp 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Then, run command to install the chat client:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install chatterino<\/pre>\n<p><i>Linux Mint user needs to run <code>sudo apt update<\/code> first to refresh system package cache.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/apt-chatterino.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44984\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/apt-chatterino-600x389.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/apt-chatterino-600x389.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/apt-chatterino-300x195.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/apt-chatterino-768x498.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/apt-chatterino.webp 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After installation, you can launch the app from start menu, app grid, or Gnome overview depends on your desktop environment. And, use &#8220;Software Updater&#8221; (Update Manager) to receive updates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/launch-chatterino.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44985\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/launch-chatterino.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/launch-chatterino.webp 541w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/launch-chatterino-300x152.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, you can join Twitch channel by their names (<i>the part after www.twitch.tv\/ in channel URL<\/i>). And, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.chatterino.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wiki<\/a> for more usage.<\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall:<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall the Twitch chat app, simply open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt remove --autoremove chatterino<\/pre>\n<p>Also remove the Ubuntu PPA, either by running command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:chatterino\/chatterino2<\/pre>\n<p>Or, use &#8220;Software &#038; Updates&#8221; to remove source line under &#8220;Other Software&#8221; tab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/remove-chatterino2-ppa.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/remove-chatterino2-ppa-600x367.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/remove-chatterino2-ppa-600x367.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/remove-chatterino2-ppa-300x184.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/remove-chatterino2-ppa-768x470.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/remove-chatterino2-ppa.webp 1009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple tutorial shows how to install Chatterino, a Twitch Chat app with enhanced features, in Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04, 23.10 via PPA. 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