How To Install bitlbee-steam on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-steam in Fedora 36. bitlbee-steam is Steam protocol plugin for BitlBee

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-steam on Fedora 36.

What is `bitlbee-steam`

The Steam protocol plugin for BitlBee. This plugin uses the Steam Mobile API allowing it to run alongside the main Steam client. It is worth noting that the Steam Mobile API is HTTP based, which does lead to mild latency.

We can use yum or dnf to install bitlbee-steam on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bitlbee-steam.

Install bitlbee-steam on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bitlbee-steam using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bitlbee-steam

Install bitlbee-steam on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bitlbee-steam using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bitlbee-steam

How To Uninstall bitlbee-steam on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the bitlbee-steam package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bitlbee-steam

bitlbee-steam Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/9aacababb0be9f7925c2a182516b2c6e1769cf
/usr/lib64/bitlbee/steam.so
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee-steam
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee-steam/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee-steam/README
/usr/share/licenses/bitlbee-steam
/usr/share/licenses/bitlbee-steam/COPYING

References

bitlbee-steam website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-steam on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).