How To Install bitlbee-facebook on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-facebook on Rocky Linux 8. bitlbee-facebook is Facebook protocol plugin for BitlBee

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-facebook on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `bitlbee-facebook`

The Facebook protocol plugin for BitlBee. This plugin uses the Facebook Mobile API.

We can use yum or dnf to install bitlbee-facebook on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bitlbee-facebook.

Install bitlbee-facebook on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install bitlbee-facebook

Install bitlbee-facebook on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install bitlbee-facebook

How To Uninstall bitlbee-facebook on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove bitlbee-facebook

bitlbee-facebook Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/8b330c82061a8e3b30914035b1c027cecbb501
/usr/lib64/bitlbee/facebook.so
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee-facebook
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee-facebook/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee-facebook/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee-facebook/README
/usr/share/licenses/bitlbee-facebook
/usr/share/licenses/bitlbee-facebook/COPYING

References

bitlbee-facebook website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-facebook on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.