How To Install purple-matrix on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-matrix in Fedora 36. purple-matrix is Matrix plugin for libpurple

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-matrix on Fedora 36.

What is `purple-matrix`

Adds support for Matrix to Pidgin, Adium, Finch and other libpurple based messengers.

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

Install purple-matrix 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 purple-matrix using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install purple-matrix

Install purple-matrix 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 purple-matrix using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install purple-matrix

How To Uninstall purple-matrix on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the purple-matrix package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove purple-matrix

purple-matrix Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/8b0ddf4307794bf9c5e36e81b347e01106e276
/usr/lib64/purple-2/libmatrix.so
/usr/share/doc/purple-matrix
/usr/share/doc/purple-matrix/AUTHORS.rst
/usr/share/doc/purple-matrix/CHANGES.md
/usr/share/doc/purple-matrix/CONTRIBUTING.rst
/usr/share/doc/purple-matrix/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/purple-matrix
/usr/share/licenses/purple-matrix/LICENSE

References

purple-matrix website

Summary

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