bitlbee-libpurple software package provides IRC to other chat networks gateway (using libpurple), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) 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 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Network |
| Package | bitlbee-libpurple |
| Version | 3.4.2-1.1 |
| Description | IRC to other chat networks gateway (using libpurple) |
| Sub Section | Net |