How To Install bitlbee on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bitlbee

bitlbee 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.

There are three methods to install bitlbee 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bitlbee

Install bitlbee Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bitlbee

Install bitlbee 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bitlbee

How To Uninstall bitlbee on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bitlbee

Uninstall bitlbee And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bitlbee

Remove bitlbee Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bitlbee

Remove bitlbee configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bitlbee

Dependencies

bitlbee have the following dependencies:

• bitlbee-common
• libc6
• libevent-2.1-7
• libgcrypt20
• libglib2.0-0
• libgnutls30
• debianutils

References

• bitlbee website

Summary

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