bitlbee-common software package provides An IRC to other chat networks gateway (common files/docs), 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-common
bitlbee-common is installed in your system.
Make ensure the bitlbee-common package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bitlbee-common *
You will get with bitlbee-common package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Network |
| Package | bitlbee-common |
| Version | 3.4.2-0ubuntu1 |
| Description | An IRC to other chat networks gateway (common files/docs) |
| Sub Section | Net |