# Install ircd-irc2 with Homebrew, apt

Original IRC server daemon. Version 2.11.2p3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-14. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install ircd-irc2.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ircd-irc2
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ircd-irc2
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ircd-irc2
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: ircd-irc2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ircd-irc2
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.11.2p3
- **Source summary:** Original IRC server daemon
- **Homepage:** <https://web.archive.org/web/20240814044559/http://www.irc.org/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-14T11:07:50-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- chkconf (alias)
- iauth (alias)
- ircd-mkpasswd (alias)
- ircdwatch (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.11.2p3

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ircd-irc2. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - ircd-irc2 - 2.11.2p3~dfsg-7.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ircd-irc2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | The original IRC server daemon | http://www.irc.org/
- Ubuntu apt - ircd-irc2 - 2.11.2p3~dfsg-7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ircd-irc2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | The original IRC server daemon | http://www.irc.org/


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph