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BitlBee Installation Guide

Follow this detailed guide to install BitlBee on your system seamlessly. Learn how to download, configure, compile, and launch BitlBee with ease.

Install Required Packages 
apt install libcrypt-dev libcrypt-twofish-perl libotr5-dev libpurple-dev locales
Download and Extract 
wget http://get.bitlbee.org/src/bitlbee-3.6.tar.gz
tar -xvzf bitlbee-3.6.tar.gz
./configure
Configure and And Set Options 
./configure \
--jabber=1 \
--twitter=1 \
--purple=1 \
--plugins=1 \
--otr=1 \
--config=/etc/bitlbee/ \
--pidfile=/var/run/bitlbee&/bitlbee.pid \
--prefix=/usr/share/
Compile / Install 
make $((nproc) + 1 )
make install
make install-etc
make intsall-dev
make install-systemd
Create /etc/bitlbee and Launch BitlBee 
mkdir /etc/bitlbee
bitlbee -D