I find my way here after losing xchat-gnome on the bionic upgrade: Ok - so I just tried out hexchat - and that seems to be pretty good alternative / update.
Is there a way to get apt to suggest / recommend hexchat instead of failing to install xchat-gnome? """ # sudo apt-get install xchat-gnome Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package xchat-gnome is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'xchat-gnome' has no installation candidate """ It would be useful for that to print the alternatives - or just install hexchat as a replacement :D -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xchat-gnome in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758163 Title: Please remove xchat-gnome from Ubuntu (again) Status in xchat-gnome package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: xchat-gnome is unmaintained. It was removed from Debian and Ubuntu 17.04. It was reintroduced to Ubuntu but without any real commitment to maintain the package. Its last upstream release was 9 years ago https://download.gnome.org/sources/xchat-gnome/0.26/ The Ubuntu version is a bizarre mix up of a git snapshot and 37 patches. Users would be better off switching to hexchat which is actually maintained. See also https://launchpad.net/bugs/1753169 for xchat, a somewhat different app with the same general problem. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xchat-gnome/+bug/1758163/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
