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Important: these packages are not Debian official packages; please read instructions below before using these repositories.

Installation instructions

You must use apt, apt-get or aptitude to install the packages (with sudo or as "root" user).
The following examples use sudo and apt.

Required packages

The following packages must be installed:

$ sudo apt install ca-certificates

PGP key

Import the PGP key used to sign the repositories:

$ sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
$ curl --silent https://weechat.org/dev/info/debian_repository_signing_key_asc/ | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/weechat.asc

APT configuration

Create a file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/weechat.sources with the following content, according to your distribution/version:

…

Resynchronize your package index files:

$ sudo apt update

Packages installation

Install the binary packages; the "plugins" package is highly recommended but not mandatory, scripting API packages are optional (popular languages are python and perl).

Example for the stable version:

$ sudo apt install weechat-curses weechat-plugins weechat-python weechat-perl

Example for the development version:

$ sudo apt install weechat-devel-curses weechat-devel-plugins weechat-devel-python weechat-devel-perl

If needed, you can download the source package in order to rebuild binary packages:

$ apt source weechat-devel

Overview

Debian

sid (unstable)

4.9.0-1~dev20251201

amd64, arm64, armhf, i386

forky (testing)

4.9.0-1~dev20251201

amd64, arm64, armhf, i386

trixie (stable)

4.8.0-1, 4.9.0-1~dev20251201

amd64, arm64, armhf, i386

bookworm (oldstable)

4.8.0-1

amd64, arm64, armhf, i386

bullseye (oldoldstable)

4.8.0-1

amd64, arm64, armhf, i386

buster (oldoldoldstable)

4.3.0-1, 4.4.0-1~dev20240527

amd64, i386

stretch (oldoldoldoldstable)

3.6-1, 3.7-1~dev20220918

amd64, i386

jessie (oldoldoldoldoldstable)

3.4-1, 3.5-1~dev20211225

amd64, i386

Ubuntu

questing (25.10)

4.9.0-1~dev20251201

amd64

plucky (25.04)

4.8.0-1, 4.9.0-1~dev20251201

amd64, arm64

oracular (24.10)

4.7.1-1, 4.8.0-1~dev20251005

amd64, arm64

noble (24.04)

4.8.0-1

amd64, arm64

mantic (23.10)

4.4.1-1, 4.5.0-1~dev20240901

amd64

lunar (23.04)

4.4.1-1, 4.5.0-1~dev20240901

amd64

kinetic (22.10)

4.0.4-1, 4.1.0-1~dev20230912

amd64

jammy (22.04)

4.8.0-1

amd64

impish (21.10)

3.6-1, 3.7-1~dev20220724

amd64

hirsute (21.04)

3.6-1, 3.7-1~dev20220724

amd64

groovy (20.10)

3.4-1, 3.5-1~dev20211224

amd64

focal (20.04)

4.8.0-1

amd64

eoan (19.10)

3.0-1, 3.1-1~dev20210130

amd64, i386

disco (19.04)

2.8-1, 2.9-1~dev20200426

amd64, i386

cosmic (18.10)

2.7.1-1, 2.8-1~dev20200224

amd64, i386

bionic (18.04)

4.3.0-1, 4.4.0-1~dev20240527

amd64, i386

artful (17.10)

2.3-1, 2.4-1~dev20181120

amd64, i386

zesty (17.04)

2.1-1, 2.2-1~dev20180321

amd64, i386

yakkety (16.10)

2.1-1, 2.2-1~dev20180321

amd64, i386

xenial (16.04)

3.6-1, 3.7-1~dev20220928

amd64, i386

wily (15.10)

1.7.1-1, 1.8-1~dev20170427

amd64, i386

vivid (15.04)

1.5-1, 1.6-1~dev20160502

amd64, i386

utopic (14.10)

1.3-1, 1.4-1~dev20151026

amd64, i386

trusty (14.04)

2.4-1, 2.5-1~dev20190324

amd64, i386

precise (12.04)

2.1-1, 2.2-1~dev20180321

amd64, i386

Raspbian

bookworm (oldstable)

4.4.1-1, 4.2.2-1, 4.8.0-1~dev20250810

arm64, armhf

bullseye (oldoldstable)

4.4.1-1, 4.3.3-1, 4.9.0-1~dev20251201

arm64, armhf

buster (oldoldoldstable)

4.0.4-1, 4.1.0-1~dev20230815

armhf

stretch (oldoldoldoldstable)

2.7-1, 2.8-1~dev20200215

armhf

jessie (oldoldoldoldoldstable)

1.9-1, 1.9-1~dev20170625

armhf

wheezy (oldoldoldoldoldoldstable)

1.3, 1.3-1~dev20150816

armhf

Detail

Debian “sid” (unstable)

weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	amd64	Dec 1, 2025 04:09	14 files
weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	arm64	Dec 1, 2025 04:24	14 files
weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	armhf	Dec 1, 2025 04:16	14 files
weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	i386	Dec 1, 2025 04:08	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 04:24:03 +0100 (next build: 9 hours from now)

Debian “forky” (testing)

weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	amd64	Dec 1, 2025 04:25	14 files
weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	arm64	Dec 1, 2025 04:40	14 files
weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	armhf	Dec 1, 2025 04:32	14 files
weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	i386	Dec 1, 2025 04:24	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 04:40:17 +0100 (next build: 9 hours from now)

Debian “trixie” (stable)

weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	amd64	Dec 1, 2025 04:42	14 files
weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	arm64	Dec 1, 2025 04:57	14 files
weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	armhf	Dec 1, 2025 04:49	14 files
weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	i386	Dec 1, 2025 04:41	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	amd64	Nov 30, 2025 10:01	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	arm64	Nov 30, 2025 10:16	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	armhf	Nov 30, 2025 10:09	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	i386	Nov 30, 2025 10:00	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 04:57:37 +0100 (next build: 9 hours from now)

Debian “bookworm” (oldstable)

weechat	4.8.0-1	amd64	Nov 30, 2025 10:30	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	arm64	Nov 30, 2025 10:45	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	armhf	Nov 30, 2025 10:37	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	i386	Nov 30, 2025 10:29	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 10:45:10 +0100

Debian “bullseye” (oldoldstable)

weechat	4.8.0-1	amd64	Nov 30, 2025 10:47	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	arm64	Nov 30, 2025 11:01	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	armhf	Nov 30, 2025 10:54	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	i386	Nov 30, 2025 10:46	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:01:26 +0100

Debian “buster” (oldoldoldstable)

weechat-devel	4.4.0-1~dev20240527	amd64	May 27, 2024 01:09	14 files
weechat-devel	4.4.0-1~dev20240527	i386	May 27, 2024 01:08	14 files
weechat	4.3.0-1	amd64	May 26, 2024 10:01	14 files
weechat	4.3.0-1	i386	May 26, 2024 10:00	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Mon, 27 May 2024 01:09:06 +0200

Debian “stretch” (oldoldoldoldstable)

weechat-devel	3.7-1~dev20220918	amd64	Sep 18, 2022 01:07	14 files
weechat-devel	3.7-1~dev20220918	i386	Sep 18, 2022 01:08	14 files
weechat	3.6-1	amd64	Jul 10, 2022 10:24	14 files
weechat	3.6-1	i386	Jul 10, 2022 10:24	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 01:08:31 +0200

Debian “jessie” (oldoldoldoldoldstable)

weechat-devel	3.5-1~dev20211225	amd64	Dec 25, 2021 01:09	13 files
weechat-devel	3.5-1~dev20211225	i386	Dec 25, 2021 01:11	13 files
weechat	3.4-1	amd64	Dec 18, 2021 09:56	13 files
weechat	3.4-1	i386	Dec 18, 2021 09:58	13 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 01:11:01 +0100

Ubuntu “questing” (25.10)

weechat-devel

4.9.0-1~dev20251201

amd64

Dec 1, 2025 04:41

14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 04:41:05 +0100 (next build: 9 hours from now)

Ubuntu “plucky” (25.04)

weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	amd64	Dec 1, 2025 04:58	14 files
weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	arm64	Dec 1, 2025 05:09	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	amd64	Nov 30, 2025 10:17	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	arm64	Nov 30, 2025 10:28	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:09:36 +0100 (next build: 10 hours from now)

Ubuntu “oracular” (24.10)

weechat-devel	4.8.0-1~dev20251005	amd64	Oct 5, 2025 08:56	14 files
weechat-devel	4.8.0-1~dev20251005	arm64	Oct 5, 2025 10:17	14 files
weechat	4.7.1-1	amd64	Aug 17, 2025 00:07	14 files
weechat	4.7.1-1	arm64	Aug 17, 2025 00:28	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 05 Oct 2025 10:17:33 +0200

Ubuntu “noble” (24.04)

weechat	4.8.0-1	amd64	Nov 30, 2025 11:02	14 files
weechat	4.8.0-1	arm64	Nov 30, 2025 11:13	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:13:20 +0100

Ubuntu “mantic” (23.10)

weechat-devel	4.5.0-1~dev20240901	amd64	Sep 1, 2024 01:30	14 files
weechat	4.4.1-1	amd64	Aug 19, 2024 20:51	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 01 Sep 2024 01:30:54 +0200

Ubuntu “lunar” (23.04)

weechat-devel	4.5.0-1~dev20240901	amd64	Sep 1, 2024 01:31	14 files
weechat	4.4.1-1	amd64	Aug 19, 2024 20:52	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 01 Sep 2024 01:31:34 +0200

Ubuntu “kinetic” (22.10)

weechat-devel	4.1.0-1~dev20230912	amd64	Sep 12, 2023 01:11	14 files
weechat	4.0.4-1	amd64	Aug 22, 2023 12:38	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 01:11:12 +0200

Ubuntu “jammy” (22.04)

weechat

4.8.0-1

amd64

Nov 30, 2025 11:14

14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:14:20 +0100

Ubuntu “impish” (21.10)

weechat-devel	3.7-1~dev20220724	amd64	Jul 24, 2022 01:09	14 files
weechat	3.6-1	amd64	Jul 10, 2022 10:26	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 01:09:55 +0200

Ubuntu “hirsute” (21.04)

weechat-devel	3.7-1~dev20220724	amd64	Jul 24, 2022 01:10	14 files
weechat	3.6-1	amd64	Jul 10, 2022 10:26	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 01:10:23 +0200

Ubuntu “groovy” (20.10)

weechat-devel	3.5-1~dev20211224	amd64	Dec 24, 2021 01:12	14 files
weechat	3.4-1	amd64	Dec 18, 2021 09:59	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 01:12:53 +0100

Ubuntu “focal” (20.04)

weechat

4.8.0-1

amd64

Nov 30, 2025 11:14

14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:14:50 +0100

Ubuntu “eoan” (19.10)

weechat-devel	3.1-1~dev20210130	amd64	Jan 30, 2021 01:32	14 files
weechat-devel	3.1-1~dev20210130	i386	Jan 30, 2021 01:34	14 files
weechat	3.0-1	amd64	Nov 11, 2020 12:16	14 files
weechat	3.0-1	i386	Nov 11, 2020 12:18	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 01:34:00 +0100

Ubuntu “disco” (19.04)

weechat-devel	2.9-1~dev20200426	amd64	Apr 26, 2020 01:33	14 files
weechat-devel	2.9-1~dev20200426	i386	Apr 26, 2020 01:35	14 files
weechat	2.8-1	amd64	Mar 29, 2020 10:46	14 files
weechat	2.8-1	i386	Mar 29, 2020 10:48	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 01:35:03 +0200

Ubuntu “cosmic” (18.10)

weechat-devel	2.8-1~dev20200224	amd64	Feb 24, 2020 01:35	14 files
weechat-devel	2.8-1~dev20200224	i386	Feb 24, 2020 01:37	14 files
weechat	2.7.1-1	amd64	Feb 20, 2020 23:16	14 files
weechat	2.7.1-1	i386	Feb 20, 2020 23:18	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 01:37:05 +0100

Ubuntu “bionic” (18.04)

weechat-devel	4.4.0-1~dev20240527	amd64	May 27, 2024 01:13	14 files
weechat-devel	4.4.0-1~dev20240527	i386	May 27, 2024 01:13	14 files
weechat	4.3.0-1	amd64	May 26, 2024 10:05	14 files
weechat	4.3.0-1	i386	May 26, 2024 10:04	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Mon, 27 May 2024 01:13:45 +0200

Ubuntu “artful” (17.10)

weechat-devel	2.4-1~dev20181120	amd64	Nov 20, 2018 01:36	14 files
weechat-devel	2.4-1~dev20181120	i386	Nov 20, 2018 01:38	14 files
weechat	2.3-1	amd64	Oct 21, 2018 15:28	14 files
weechat	2.3-1	i386	Oct 21, 2018 15:29	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 01:38:29 +0100

Ubuntu “zesty” (17.04)

weechat-devel	2.2-1~dev20180321	amd64	Mar 21, 2018 01:27	14 files
weechat-devel	2.2-1~dev20180321	i386	Mar 21, 2018 01:28	14 files
weechat	2.1-1	amd64	Mar 18, 2018 08:53	13 files
weechat	2.1-1	i386	Mar 18, 2018 08:55	13 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:28:42 +0100

Ubuntu “yakkety” (16.10)

weechat-devel	2.2-1~dev20180321	amd64	Mar 21, 2018 01:30	14 files
weechat-devel	2.2-1~dev20180321	i386	Mar 21, 2018 01:32	14 files
weechat	2.1-1	amd64	Mar 18, 2018 08:56	13 files
weechat	2.1-1	i386	Mar 18, 2018 08:57	13 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:32:00 +0100

Ubuntu “xenial” (16.04)

weechat-devel	3.7-1~dev20220928	amd64	Sep 28, 2022 01:11	14 files
weechat-devel	3.7-1~dev20220928	i386	Sep 28, 2022 01:13	14 files
weechat	3.6-1	amd64	Jul 10, 2022 10:29	14 files
weechat	3.6-1	i386	Jul 10, 2022 10:31	14 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:13:58 +0200

Ubuntu “wily” (15.10)

weechat-devel	1.8-1~dev20170427	amd64	Apr 27, 2017 01:23	6 files
weechat-devel	1.8-1~dev20170427	i386	Apr 27, 2017 01:24	6 files
weechat	1.7.1-1	amd64	Apr 22, 2017 16:38	6 files
weechat	1.7.1-1	i386	Apr 22, 2017 16:39	6 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 01:24:41 +0200

Ubuntu “vivid” (15.04)

weechat-devel	1.6-1~dev20160502	amd64	May 2, 2016 01:23	5 files
weechat-devel	1.6-1~dev20160502	i386	May 2, 2016 01:24	5 files
weechat	1.5-1	amd64	May 1, 2016 15:26	6 files
weechat	1.5-1	i386	May 1, 2016 15:28	6 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Mon, 02 May 2016 01:24:41 +0200

Ubuntu “utopic” (14.10)

weechat-devel	1.4-1~dev20151026	amd64	Oct 26, 2015 01:17	5 files
weechat-devel	1.4-1~dev20151026	i386	Oct 26, 2015 01:17	5 files
weechat	1.3-1	amd64	Aug 16, 2015 10:01	6 files
weechat	1.3-1	i386	Aug 16, 2015 10:04	6 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 01:17:59 +0100

Ubuntu “trusty” (14.04)

weechat-devel	2.5-1~dev20190324	amd64	Mar 24, 2019 01:35	13 files
weechat-devel	2.5-1~dev20190324	i386	Mar 24, 2019 01:38	13 files
weechat	2.4-1	amd64	Feb 17, 2019 10:16	13 files
weechat	2.4-1	i386	Feb 17, 2019 10:19	13 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 01:38:13 +0100

Ubuntu “precise” (12.04)

weechat-devel	2.2-1~dev20180321	amd64	Mar 21, 2018 01:39	13 files
weechat-devel	2.2-1~dev20180321	i386	Mar 21, 2018 01:40	13 files
weechat	2.1-1	amd64	Mar 18, 2018 09:03	12 files
weechat	2.1-1	i386	Mar 18, 2018 09:04	12 files

Builds by Sébastien Helleu (FlashCode), latest build: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:40:44 +0100

Raspbian “bookworm” (oldstable)

weechat-devel	4.8.0-1~dev20250810	armhf	Aug 10, 2025 00:26	14 files
weechat	4.4.1-1	arm64	Aug 20, 2024 10:03	14 files
weechat	4.2.2-1	armhf	Apr 8, 2024 09:24	14 files

Builds by Nils Görs (nils_2), latest build: Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:26:52 +0200

Raspbian “bullseye” (oldoldstable)

weechat-devel	4.9.0-1~dev20251201	armhf	Dec 1, 2025 00:12	14 files
weechat	4.3.3-1	arm64	Jun 23, 2024 20:01	14 files
weechat	4.4.1-1	armhf	Aug 20, 2024 10:03	14 files

Builds by Nils Görs (nils_2), latest build: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:12:59 +0100

Raspbian “buster” (oldoldoldstable)

weechat	4.0.4-1	armhf	Aug 22, 2023 12:46	14 files
weechat-devel	4.1.0-1~dev20230815	armhf	Aug 15, 2023 00:20	14 files

Builds by Nils Görs (nils_2), latest build: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:46:17 +0200

Raspbian “stretch” (oldoldoldoldstable)

weechat-devel	2.8-1~dev20200215	armhf	Feb 15, 2020 01:46	14 files
weechat	2.7-1	armhf	Dec 8, 2019 18:56	14 files

Builds by Nils Görs (nils_2), latest build: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 01:46:04 +0100

Raspbian “jessie” (oldoldoldoldoldstable)

weechat	1.9-1	armhf	Jun 25, 2017 13:01	6 files
weechat-devel	1.9-1~dev20170625	armhf	Jun 25, 2017 00:25	6 files

Builds by Nils Görs (nils_2), latest build: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 13:01:56 +0200

Raspbian “wheezy” (oldoldoldoldoldoldstable)

weechat	1.3	armhf	Aug 16, 2015 18:47	6 files
weechat-devel	1.3-1~dev20150816	armhf	Aug 16, 2015 03:26	6 files

Builds by Nils Görs (nils_2), latest build: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 18:47:31 +0200