How to Install and Uninstall bitlbee Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "bitlbee" package

This tutorial shows how to install bitlbee on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bitlbee
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 582
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Wilmer van der Gaast
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.4.2-0ubuntu1
Replaces: bitlbee-libpurple
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libevent-2.0-5 (>= 2.0.10-stable), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.6.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.2), debianutils (>= 1.16), bitlbee-common (= 3.4.2-0ubuntu1)
Conflicts: bitlbee-libpurple
Filename: pool/universe/b/bitlbee/bitlbee_3.4.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 228036
MD5sum: ad28a53be040dea0e4ae13bf3fcc104e
SHA1: 8237dd011bbc43730e0666339ae84589ffdb64bc
SHA256: 071e92bab8493e726e03a8c59e76dd6941ef2635cac7eee85fd0a752dcc2a1b9
Description-en: An IRC to other chat networks gateway (default version)
This program can be used as an IRC server which forwards everything you
say to people on other chat networks: Jabber (which includes Google Talk
and Facebook Chat), ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo! and Twitter/Identica/Status.net.
Description-md5: de6257d1f9d8ea8296d9020cfb625632
Homepage: http://www.bitlbee.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu