bitlbee command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

bitlbee: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bitlbee: command not found

Solutions to bitlbee: command not found

How To Fix bitlbee: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu bitlbee is provided by bitlbee-libpurple package.

bitlbee-libpurple 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.

This package contains a version of BitlBee that uses the libpurple instant messaging library instead of built-in code, which adds support for more IM protocols (all protocols supported by Pidgin/Finch) and features (like file transfers), at the price of being less lightweight.

If you don’t need the extra features, it’s better to use the built-in code.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install bitlbee-libpurple

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install bitlbee-libpurple.

sudo apt -y install bitlbee-libpurple

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install bitlbee-libpurple

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix bitlbee command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.