How To Install bitlbee-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-common on Kali Linux.

What is bitlbee-common

bitlbee-common is:

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 Twitter.

This package contains common files (mostly documentation) for bitlbee and bitlbee-libpurple.

There are three methods to install bitlbee-common on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bitlbee-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bitlbee-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bitlbee-common

Install bitlbee-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bitlbee-common

Install bitlbee-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install bitlbee-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bitlbee-common

How To Uninstall bitlbee-common on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bitlbee-common

Uninstall bitlbee-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bitlbee-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bitlbee-common

Remove bitlbee-common Configurations and Data

To remove bitlbee-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bitlbee-common

Remove bitlbee-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bitlbee-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bitlbee-common

Dependencies

bitlbee-common have the following dependencies:

• adduser

References

• bitlbee-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.