Getting Irssi
There are several ways you can get Irssi
Binary Packages
Windows
Download setup.exe from Cygwin and select irssi during the package selection step. To start irssi, open MinTTY (link should be on your Desktop) and type irssi
Debian
apt install irssi.
You may find more up to date version on Debian Backports
Ubuntu
apt install irssi.
OS X
Install Homebrew, then
brew install irssi
You can also install Git with --HEAD
Gentoo
emerge irssi
openSUSE/SUSE
zypper in irssi.
You may find more up to date versions on openSUSE Package Search
For SLES and SLED, you can also find irssi in the SUSE Package Hub
ArchLinux
pacman -S irssi
Fedora
dnf install irssi or
yum install irssi
Solaris
pkg-get install irssi
Slackware
slackpkg install irssi
FreeBSD
pkg install irssi
Nix/NixOS
nix-env -i irssi
If your system is not listed, you can still check your systems’ package manager or otherwise compile Irssi from source.
Build Service
The openSUSE Build Service is building Irssi release packages and Irssi git snapshot packages for Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, and openSUSE.
Release Sources
Latest release version: 1.2.3 – NEWS
irssi-1.2.3.tar.xz signature.asc irssi-1.2.3.tar.gz signature.asc
See the included INSTALL file for building instructions
To verify the signatures:
gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys '7EE6 5E30 82A5 FB06 AC7C 368D 00CC B587 DDBE F0E1'
You shouldn’t really trust this key without verifying its fingerprint. See it with gpg --fingerprint staff@irssi.org and ask someone if it matches (eg. on #irssi).
gpg --verify irssi-1.2.3.tar.xz.asc
(This key is different from the one used to sign binaries of versions before 0.8.10. More gpg help can be found from GPG manual)
Development sources
Source on GitHub – You can also get the development version. To check it out, run
git clone https://github.com/irssi/irssi
After check-out, you must run ./autogen.sh. It may be necessary to install additional packages. More information can be found on the wiki.
See also: Commit Log