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-get install irssi.
You may find more up to date version on Debian Backports
Ubuntu
apt-get install irssi.
OS X
Install Homebrew, then
brew install irssi
You can also install Git with --HEAD
Gentoo
emerge irssi
ArchLinux
pacman -S irssi
Fedora
dnf install irssi or
yum install irssi
Solaris
pkg-get install irssi
Slackware
slackpkg install irssi
If your system is not listed, you can still check your systems’ package manager or otherwise compile Irssi from source.
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: 0.8.20 – Downloads
See the included INSTALL file for building instructions
To verify the signatures:
gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys DDBEF0E1
You shouldn’t really trust this key without verifying its fingerprint. See it with gpg --fingerprint [email protected] and ask someone if it matches (eg. on #irssi).
gpg --verify irssi-0.8.20.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
Git – 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