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