Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee on CentOS 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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bitlbee.
Install bitlbee on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bitlbee using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bitlbee
Install bitlbee on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
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 CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bitlbee package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bitlbee
bitlbee Package Contents on CentOS 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
