How To Install hexchat-autoaway on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-autoaway in Fedora 36. hexchat-autoaway is HexChat plugin that automatically mark you away

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-autoaway on Fedora 36.

What is `hexchat-autoaway`

This HexChat plugin will automatically mark you away when your computer is idle. It works on systems that use the GTK+ X11 backend, such as GNU/Linux.

We can use yum or dnf to install hexchat-autoaway on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hexchat-autoaway.

Install hexchat-autoaway on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install hexchat-autoaway using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hexchat-autoaway

Install hexchat-autoaway on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install hexchat-autoaway using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hexchat-autoaway

How To Uninstall hexchat-autoaway on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the hexchat-autoaway package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove hexchat-autoaway

hexchat-autoaway Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/037847878ce5b2b3fed715a28004088763091f
/usr/lib64/hexchat/plugins/libautoaway.so
/usr/share/doc/hexchat-autoaway
/usr/share/doc/hexchat-autoaway/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/hexchat-autoaway
/usr/share/licenses/hexchat-autoaway/COPYING

References

hexchat-autoaway website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat-autoaway on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).