Unable to install Xchat or other IRC clients

[lokee]

Hello,

When running the command 'apt-get install xchat' I receive the following error:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xchat : Depends: libperl5.20 (>= 5.20.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I've searched around and can't seem to find any solution. Can anyone help?

[grid]

I get a slightly different message when running apt-get install xchat. Says "package xchat 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"

So, xchat is not in the Kali repos. That being said, you can try doing an apt-cache show, or checking the repos online to see what IRC clients are there. If none are available, you can edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to grab other repos, but I wouldn't recommend that.

[iojymbo]

Agree with grid, a simply way to check if a package is available on the Kali repo:
# apt-cache search <pattern to search>

[M@sk3d_N00b]

I'm running 64bit Kali 2.0 and I also get "package xchat 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". I'm wondering what other IRC clients are available for Kali? I've been looking at other IRC clients but they don't have installations for Kali that I can find. I'm new to Linux and also new to IRC so this is making it double the fun for me. I will give the apt-cache command but any other clients other than x-chat out there for Kali?

[cabbage]

I've been using IRSSI for kali, install is quick and easy. Apt-get install irssi

[M@sk3d_N00b]

I've been using IRSSI for kali, install is quick and easy. Apt-get install irssi

I installed Pidgin but I will try IRSSI. I'm pretty sure I tried and it gave me an error message. I'll update once I give it a shot.