installing hexchat

[antobbo]

Hi can somebody give me a hand/point me to the right direction please? I am attempting to install hexchat but I don't know how to do it, the commands on the terminal etc etc. Any idea please?
thanks

[Rodney9]

How to Build HexChat on Ubuntu

https://gist.github.com/3194136

[antobbo]

thanks. All done I built it and used it fine, but now I have a question. After using it yesterday I switched my laptop off. Today I switched it on again, and how do I launch the application again? I mean it is already built but where do I get the executable from?
I tried

./src/fe-gtk/hexchat

but no joy. Same with just

hexchat

or do I have to be in a specific directory to execute those commands?
thanks

[dodo3773]

If you did a make install it should have been installed somewhere in your shells $PATH. If you type "whereis hexchat" does it return anything?

[antobbo]

yes it returns this:

antobbo@antobbo-xps17-ubuntu:~/Desktop$ whereis hexchat
hexchat:
antobbo@antobbo-xps17-ubuntu:~/Desktop$

but hexcchat I know sits under Desktop/hexchat
I don't seem to be able to start it again...

[dodo3773]

You know it's on the desktop? How do you know that? Is there a shortcut or a binary there or something?

[antobbo]

I managed to open it from the folder, but I can't from the terminal

[dodo3773]

I managed to open it from the folder, but I can't from the terminal

Okay, so navigate to where the file is in the terminal and see what kind of file it is. Is it a binary or a .desktop shortcut or something?