How To Install bitlbee-plugin-facebook on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-plugin-facebook on Ubuntu 22.04. bitlbee-plugin-facebook is IRC to other chat networks gateway (Facebook chat plugin)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-plugin-facebook on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is bitlbee-plugin-facebook

bitlbee-plugin-facebook 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), ICQ, AIM, MSN and Twitter.

This package contains a plugin that adds support for Facebook Messenger’s chat protocol.

There are three methods to install bitlbee-plugin-facebook on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-plugin-facebook 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-plugin-facebook using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bitlbee-plugin-facebook

Install bitlbee-plugin-facebook Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bitlbee-plugin-facebook

Install bitlbee-plugin-facebook Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install bitlbee-plugin-facebook

How To Uninstall bitlbee-plugin-facebook on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove bitlbee-plugin-facebook

Uninstall bitlbee-plugin-facebook And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bitlbee-plugin-facebook and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bitlbee-plugin-facebook

Remove bitlbee-plugin-facebook Configurations and Data

To remove bitlbee-plugin-facebook configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bitlbee-plugin-facebook

Remove bitlbee-plugin-facebook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bitlbee-plugin-facebook

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-plugin-facebook package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.