How to Install and Uninstall bitlbee Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "bitlbee" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bitlbee on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bitlbee
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bitlbee" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall bitlbee on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bitlbee
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bitlbee package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: bitlbee
Version: 3.5.1-1.3
Installed-Size: 542
Maintainer: Wilmer van der Gaast
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: bitlbee-libpurple
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libevent-2.1-6 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.6), debianutils (>= 1.16), bitlbee-common (= 3.5.1-1.3)
Conflicts: bitlbee-libpurple
Description: IRC to other chat networks gateway (default version)
Description-md5: bc9f0d3408b1a1b19e008a1ba4cea5f5
Homepage: http://www.bitlbee.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::server, protocol::ipv6,
protocol::irc, protocol::jabber, protocol::msn-messenger,
protocol::oscar, protocol::ssl, protocol::yahoo-messenger,
role::program, use::chatting, use::converting, use::proxying,
works-with::im
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bitlbee/bitlbee_3.5.1-1.3_amd64.deb
Size: 210788
MD5sum: 70ff2e62592d426bbf35482da6de28d5
SHA256: eb50c0414cabf9399ba9652eda57443cfaba9c7c8d41b6f815de617945b3c061