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Daily built packages

Bitlbee offers daily builds for debian like linux distros. They are located at http://code.bitlbee.org/debian/.

Since these are binary packages they may not be usable for you if you're using a less common platform. Right now, 32-/64-bit Intel and ARM platforms are supported. Due to capacity constraints, ARM packages are only built for a small number of distributions/versions.

The most common way of adding the BitlBee repository, is by adding it to your sources.list file, located at /etc/apt/sources.list. Alternatively you may create a new file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bitlbee.list.

The line you need to add might look something like this for a 32-bits system:

deb http://code.bitlbee.org/debian/devel/squeeze/i386/ ./

And for a 64-bit version:

deb http://code.bitlbee.org/debian/devel/squeeze/amd64/ ./

Or if you're using an ARM-based machine:

deb http://code.bitlbee.org/debian/devel/squeeze/armel/ ./

The devel subdirectory means that it is the main development branch of bitlbee. The squeeze subdirectory means that it is intended for the Squeeze (6.) release of Debian and the i386 subdirectory means that it is intended for an i386 (32 bit) version of the operating system. You can check if you need 32 or 64-bits using the uname -m command.

After adding the repository and the GPG key (see below) do sudo apt-get update and then install with sudo apt-get install bitlbee (aptitude may be used instead of apt-get).

Builds are currently available for:

Debian Lenny (5.0) (not for ARM)
Debian Squeeze (6.0)
Debian Wheezy (testing)
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04 LTS)
Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat (10.10) (not for ARM)
Ubuntu Natty Narwhal (11.04) (not for ARM)
Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot (11.10)

(This list was last updated in December 2011 and is likely to get stale. Always check the actual repository if you want to be sure.)

For the GPG key, copy-paste the following into your terminal

sudo apt-key add - << EOF
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)   

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P6vOW/QmeYSuDzFVH3oOJsC+kaTExf2Rl0/Bm3X4GRkw6XJME/3HR7P0rNCCvqgD
QYOlhmP4qYEi0z6q9WslhqeYzilB/opsQTR/11zUjw5TGp1P/4rcCa0/6wCg87c/
BOP6XR64zQBD5rBcCzNeL0cD/iFE97JFAYIRHOiYjpgq0/pZ/PoMrULpiyq6+BPo
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+3t80BNbWAA5zlN6Bdv1MRrFJzogyJK5ao1/Y2uF4wvD64EEKgA91riHKnOSuKo2
wCccja/CqLovaAN6dvNQ5OapuH+xuc+4IsPxPNCOUQ4TL0V6vbQ9Qml0bEJlZSBu
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PBaPjwdPZ6YyRfK5iEYEEBECAAYFAkv++0YACgkQeYWXmuMwQFExdQCdHbhFwQJ4
4HUdjxPZlPOt3iH9MZ8AoKm88QvS4dCuYmMt9KZ6oDKyCD5l
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-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
EOF

error in Version string '1:bzr-devel-773-0': version number does not start with digit

If you get an error message like that, dpkg is complaining about what version numbers for nightly builds used to look like. This problem is solved in the repository but you may have to manually install the right version once to get back on track using something like apt-get install bitlbee=VERSION

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-Since these are binary packages they may not be usable for you if you're using a less common platform. However, 32-/64-bit Intel and ARM platforms are supported. Due to capacity constraints, ARM packages are only built for a small number of distributions/versions.
+Since these are binary packages they may not be usable for you if you're using a less common platform. Right now, 32-/64-bit Intel and ARM platforms are supported. Due to capacity constraints, ARM packages are only built for a small number of distributions/versions.
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-The '''devel''' subdirectory means that it is the main development branch of bitlbee. The '''karmic''' subdirectory means that it is intended for the Karmic Koala release of Ubuntu and the '''i386''' subdirectory means that it is intended for an i386 (32 bit) version of the operating system. You can check if you need 32 or 64-bits using the ''uname -m'' command.
+The '''devel''' subdirectory means that it is the main development branch of bitlbee. The '''squeeze''' subdirectory means that it is intended for the Squeeze (6.) release of Debian and the '''i386''' subdirectory means that it is intended for an i386 (32 bit) version of the operating system. You can check if you need 32 or 64-bits using the ''uname -m'' command.
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-  * Ubuntu ''Karmic'' Koala (9.10) (not for ARM)
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-  * Ubuntu ''Mavrick'' Meercat (10.10) (not for ARM)
+  * Ubuntu ''Maverick'' Meerkat (10.10) (not for ARM)
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+(This list was last updated in December 2011 and is likely to get stale. Always check the actual repository if you want to be sure.)