How To Install irssi on Rocky Linux 8
In this tutorial we learn how to install irssi on Rocky Linux 8. irssi is Modular text mode IRC client with Perl scripting
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install irssi on Rocky Linux 8.
What is irssi
Irssi is a modular IRC client with Perl scripting. Only text-mode frontend is currently supported. The GTK/GNOME frontend is no longer being maintained.
We can use yum or dnf to install irssi on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install irssi.
Install irssi on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install irssi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install irssi
Install irssi on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install irssi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install irssi
How To Uninstall irssi on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the irssi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove irssi
irssi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/irssi.conf
/usr/bin/botti
/usr/bin/irssi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/dd7a9a156e9d98e573adb8db3cbd103768387e
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/c5b8b657a8b20cad635f7748c261b174373011
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/fcd0437be4f49f16b09efdb709bb98d78e260c
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/bc3048021a8a974cb2a72cc9ccacc6d880c375
/usr/lib/.build-id/76
/usr/lib/.build-id/76/748ddebd7f7ce74d737a66088cd1222528b64e
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/d7a7277559379e3ac29085184b1df24d548959
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/6d70eed1416eaffaccde97f12966b4bd0387c0
/usr/lib64/irssi
/usr/lib64/irssi/modules
/usr/lib64/irssi/modules/libirc_proxy.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Irssi
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Irssi.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Irssi/Irc.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Irssi/TextUI.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Irssi/UI.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Irssi
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Irssi/Irc
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Irssi/Irc/Irc.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Irssi/Irssi.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Irssi/TextUI
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Irssi/TextUI/TextUI.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Irssi/UI
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Irssi/UI/UI.so
/usr/share/doc/irssi
/usr/share/doc/irssi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/irssi/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/irssi/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/irssi/README.md
/usr/share/doc/irssi/TODO
/usr/share/doc/irssi/capsicum.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi/design.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi/faq.html
/usr/share/doc/irssi/faq.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi/formats.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi/manual.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi/perl.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi/signals.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi/special_vars.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi/startup-HOWTO.html
/usr/share/doc/irssi/startup-HOWTO.txt
/usr/share/irssi
/usr/share/irssi/help
/usr/share/irssi/help/accept
/usr/share/irssi/help/action
/usr/share/irssi/help/admin
/usr/share/irssi/help/alias
/usr/share/irssi/help/away
/usr/share/irssi/help/ban
/usr/share/irssi/help/beep
/usr/share/irssi/help/bind
/usr/share/irssi/help/cat
/usr/share/irssi/help/cd
/usr/share/irssi/help/channel
/usr/share/irssi/help/clear
/usr/share/irssi/help/completion
/usr/share/irssi/help/connect
/usr/share/irssi/help/ctcp
/usr/share/irssi/help/cycle
/usr/share/irssi/help/dcc
/usr/share/irssi/help/dehilight
/usr/share/irssi/help/deop
/usr/share/irssi/help/devoice
/usr/share/irssi/help/die
/usr/share/irssi/help/disconnect
/usr/share/irssi/help/echo
/usr/share/irssi/help/eval
/usr/share/irssi/help/exec
/usr/share/irssi/help/flushbuffer
/usr/share/irssi/help/format
/usr/share/irssi/help/hash
/usr/share/irssi/help/help
/usr/share/irssi/help/hilight
/usr/share/irssi/help/ignore
/usr/share/irssi/help/info
/usr/share/irssi/help/invite
/usr/share/irssi/help/irssiproxy
/usr/share/irssi/help/ison
/usr/share/irssi/help/join
/usr/share/irssi/help/kick
/usr/share/irssi/help/kickban
/usr/share/irssi/help/kill
/usr/share/irssi/help/knock
/usr/share/irssi/help/knockout
/usr/share/irssi/help/lastlog
/usr/share/irssi/help/layout
/usr/share/irssi/help/levels
/usr/share/irssi/help/links
/usr/share/irssi/help/list
/usr/share/irssi/help/load
/usr/share/irssi/help/log
/usr/share/irssi/help/lusers
/usr/share/irssi/help/map
/usr/share/irssi/help/me
/usr/share/irssi/help/mircdcc
/usr/share/irssi/help/mode
/usr/share/irssi/help/motd
/usr/share/irssi/help/msg
/usr/share/irssi/help/names
/usr/share/irssi/help/nctcp
/usr/share/irssi/help/netsplit
/usr/share/irssi/help/network
/usr/share/irssi/help/nick
/usr/share/irssi/help/notice
/usr/share/irssi/help/notify
/usr/share/irssi/help/op
/usr/share/irssi/help/oper
/usr/share/irssi/help/part
/usr/share/irssi/help/ping
/usr/share/irssi/help/query
/usr/share/irssi/help/quit
/usr/share/irssi/help/quote
/usr/share/irssi/help/rawlog
/usr/share/irssi/help/recode
/usr/share/irssi/help/reconnect
/usr/share/irssi/help/rehash
/usr/share/irssi/help/reload
/usr/share/irssi/help/restart
/usr/share/irssi/help/rmreconns
/usr/share/irssi/help/rmrejoins
/usr/share/irssi/help/save
/usr/share/irssi/help/sconnect
/usr/share/irssi/help/script
/usr/share/irssi/help/scrollback
/usr/share/irssi/help/server
/usr/share/irssi/help/servlist
/usr/share/irssi/help/set
/usr/share/irssi/help/silence
/usr/share/irssi/help/squery
/usr/share/irssi/help/squit
/usr/share/irssi/help/stats
/usr/share/irssi/help/statusbar
/usr/share/irssi/help/time
/usr/share/irssi/help/toggle
/usr/share/irssi/help/topic
/usr/share/irssi/help/trace
/usr/share/irssi/help/ts
/usr/share/irssi/help/unalias
/usr/share/irssi/help/unban
/usr/share/irssi/help/unignore
/usr/share/irssi/help/unload
/usr/share/irssi/help/unnotify
/usr/share/irssi/help/unquery
/usr/share/irssi/help/unsilence
/usr/share/irssi/help/upgrade
/usr/share/irssi/help/uptime
/usr/share/irssi/help/userhost
/usr/share/irssi/help/ver
/usr/share/irssi/help/version
/usr/share/irssi/help/voice
/usr/share/irssi/help/wait
/usr/share/irssi/help/wall
/usr/share/irssi/help/wallops
/usr/share/irssi/help/who
/usr/share/irssi/help/whois
/usr/share/irssi/help/whowas
/usr/share/irssi/help/window
/usr/share/irssi/scripts
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/autoop.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/autorejoin.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/buf.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/command.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/dns.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/kills.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/mail.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/mlock.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/msg-event.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/quitmsg.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/redirect.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/scriptassist.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/usercount.pl
/usr/share/irssi/themes
/usr/share/irssi/themes/colorless.theme
/usr/share/irssi/themes/default.theme
/usr/share/man/man1/irssi.1.gz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install irssi on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
