I am using Gnome-Shell, from the Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 (64-bit) beta image (ie unity itself not installed).
I can reproduce with: Open Empathy. Click on Empathy Menu > Accounts Choose Add Account -- IRC Is not listed. Open Terminal. run: sudo apt-get install account-plugin-irc Open Empathy Click on Empathy Menu > Accounts Choose Add Account -- IRC is now available to be added to Empathy. As mentioned previously I am using Ubuntu Gnome and these other UOA packages are included. account-plugin-aim account-plugin-facebook account-plugin-flickr account-plugin-generic-oauth account-plugin-google account-plugin-identica account-plugin-jabber account-plugin-salut account-plugin-twitter account-plugin-windows-live account-plugin-yahoo Also see this bug for reference: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1040193 In particular note: "Empathy has been built to use ubuntu-online-accounts — to the extent that Empathy will open that configuration panel when the user chooses Accounts from its menu." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1167347 Title: Gnome online accounts does not include irc (for Empathy) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1167347/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs