Problem Install ircd-irc2

im new to linux. and most of my friend including me only know about ubuntu. i installed lubuntu 17.04. because of that i want to know more about lubuntu. i want to use pidgin. i never use IRC so correct me if im wrong, you need to add the IRC server right? i open ubuntu help and found this page

https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/irc-server.html

when i want to install ircd-irc2, it's failed. because time out? (failed(Result:timeout))
and it's give me this : Failed to start LSB: Starts/stop...on.

when i try to reinstall, it's said that my ircd-irc2 is up to date. is the ircd-irc2 installed? if yes, how i can check it? or anybody want to teach me how to use IRC? i dont know anything about linux, please help. thank you