~/.config/systemd/user/weechat.service - SystemD unit for starting Weechat in a detached Screen

weechat.service

[Unit]
Description=Start Weechat in a screen at boot

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/screen -D -m -S weechat -U weechat
# -D -m         Start detached, do not fork
# -S weechat    Set name of session to "weechat"
# -U            UTF-8 mode
# weechat       Command to run

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

# How to install:
# * Allow "linger" for your user (allowes services running when not logged in):
#   sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER
# * Put this file in:
#   ~/.config/systemd/user/weechat.service
# * Enable and start the service (no sudo):
#   systemctl --user enable --now weechat.service

# How to uninstall:
# Run the above commands in reverse, but replace any "enable" with disable and delete the file.

Small updates:

• Ubuntu allows users to enable lingering for themselves by default (been a while already)
• By default the ~/.config/systemd/user/ doesn't exist, so the best way to create it is with the command: mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user/

Cheers