How To Install bitlbee on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee on Rocky Linux 8. bitlbee is IRC to other chat networks gateway

Introduction

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

What is bitlbee

BitlBee is an IRC to other chat networks gateway. BitlBee can be used as an IRC server which forwards everything you say to people on other chat networks like XMPP/Jabber (including Google Talk and Hipchat) and Twitter microblogging network (and all other Twitter API compatible services like status.net). There are also plugins for facebook and steam, and even more protocols can be used via libpurple.

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

Install bitlbee 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bitlbee

Install bitlbee 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bitlbee

How To Uninstall bitlbee on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove bitlbee

bitlbee Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/bitlbee
/etc/bitlbee/bitlbee.conf
/etc/bitlbee/motd.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/fee94215df32286bd3d1c94dd978f23d1e5a23
/usr/lib/systemd/system/bitlbee.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/bitlbee.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib64/bitlbee
/usr/sbin/bitlbee
/usr/share/bitlbee
/usr/share/bitlbee/help.txt
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee/README
/usr/share/doc/bitlbee/user-guide.html
/usr/share/licenses/bitlbee
/usr/share/licenses/bitlbee/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/bitlbee.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bitlbee.8.gz
/var/lib/bitlbee

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Summary

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