How To Install libotr on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotr on Rocky Linux 8. libotr is Off-The-Record Messaging library and toolkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotr on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libotr

Off-the-Record Messaging Library and Toolkit This is a library and toolkit which implements Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging. OTR allows you to have private conversations over IM by providing Encryption, Authentication, Deniability and Perfect forward secrecy.

We can use yum or dnf to install libotr on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libotr.

Install libotr 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 libotr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libotr

Install libotr 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 libotr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libotr

How To Uninstall libotr on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libotr package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libotr

libotr Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/otr_mackey
/usr/bin/otr_modify
/usr/bin/otr_parse
/usr/bin/otr_readforge
/usr/bin/otr_remac
/usr/bin/otr_sesskeys
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/791b86627b90492912174d287323ab8374bdd7
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/b42134182f80add79f229af3290fd57c3c6935
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/0f27656858844235a8743cb7c1fabd3cbdba78
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/a3fe1346fdfd639a6914a8e0527d688d9e0cc1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/f16744a52d10b24b929458ef351aa7e2f744c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/35538c973d63572483cbbc7175d323d6e00af6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/d86b4851a0289be4861d68c5b249df4a60f4e7
/usr/lib64/libotr.so.5
/usr/lib64/libotr.so.5.1.1
/usr/share/doc/libotr
/usr/share/doc/libotr/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libotr/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libotr/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/libotr/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libotr/Protocol-v3.html
/usr/share/doc/libotr/README
/usr/share/man/man1/otr_mackey.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/otr_modify.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/otr_parse.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/otr_readforge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/otr_remac.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/otr_sesskeys.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/otr_toolkit.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotr on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.