bitlbee software package provides An IRC to other chat networks gateway (default version), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install bitlbee
bitlbee is installed in your system.
Make ensure the bitlbee package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bitlbee *
You will get with bitlbee package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Network |
| Package | bitlbee |
| Version | 3.4.2-0ubuntu1 |
| Description | An IRC to other chat networks gateway (default version) |
| Sub Section | Net |