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There are several ways you can get Irssi:

# "Ready-Made Packages":#packages
# "Compiling from Sources":#sources

h2(#packages). Distributions' Packages

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div{margin-bottom:1ex}. !{padding-right:1ex}/assets/Windows.png!*Windows*

p. Download setup.exe from "(rel-external)Cygwin":https://www.cygwin.com/ and select irssi during the package selection step. To start irssi, open MinTTY (link should be on your Desktop) and type @irssi@

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div{margin-bottom:1ex}. !/assets/debian.png!!{padding-right:1ex}/assets/ubuntu.png!*Debian/Ubuntu*

@apt-get install irssi@.
You may find more up to date version on "(rel-external)Debian Backports":http://backports.debian.org/

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div{margin-bottom:1ex}. !{padding-right:1ex}/assets/macosx.png!*OS X*

Install "(rel-external)Homebrew":http://brew.sh/, then
@brew install irssi@
You can also install Git with @--HEAD@

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div{margin-bottom:1ex}. !{padding-right:1ex}/assets/gentoo.png!*Gentoo*

@emerge irssi@

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div{margin-bottom:1ex}. !{padding-right:1ex}/assets/openSUSE.png!*SuSE*

@zypper in irssi@.
You may find more up to date versions on "(rel-external)openSUSE Package Search":http://software.opensuse.org/package/irssi

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div{margin-bottom:1ex}. !{padding-right:1ex}/assets/arch.png!*ArchLinux*

@pacman -S irssi@

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div{margin-bottom:1ex}. !{padding-right:1ex}/assets/fedora.png!*Fedora/Red Hat*

@dnf install irssi@ or
@yum install irssi@

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div{margin-bottom:1ex}. !{padding-right:1ex}/assets/opencsw.png!*Solaris*

@pkg-get install irssi@

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div{margin-bottom:1ex}. !{padding-right:1ex}/assets/slackware.png!*Slackware*

@slackpkg install irssi@

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h2(#sources). Sources

Latest release version: *0.8.17* - "(rel-external)Downloads"://github.com/irssi-import/irssi/releases

See the included "(rel-external)INSTALL"://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/INSTALL file for building instructions

To verify the signatures:

bc. gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys DDBEF0E1
    
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@).

bc. gpg --verify irssi-0.8.17.tar.gz.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)

h3. Development sources

"(rel-external)Git":1 - You can also get the development version. To check it out, run

bc. 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 "(rel-external)the wiki.":https://github.com/shabble/irssi-docs/wiki/Irssi-0.8.17#compiling-from-git

See also: "(rel-external)Commit Log"://github.com/irssi/irssi/commits/master


[1]https://github.com/irssi/irssi