How To Install openelp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openelp on Rocky Linux 8. openelp is Open Source EchoLink Proxy

Introduction

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

What is openelp

OpenELP is an open source EchoLink proxy for Linux and Windows. It aims to be efficient and maintain a small footprint, while still implementing all of the features present in the official EchoLink proxy. OpenELP also has the ability to bind to multiple network interfaces which are routed to unique external IP addresses, and therefore is capable of accepting connections from multiple clients simultaneously.

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

Install openelp 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 openelp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openelp

Install openelp 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 openelp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openelp

How To Uninstall openelp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove openelp

openelp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/ELProxy.conf
/etc/sysconfig/openelpd
/usr/bin/openelpd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/fec165608697e599153bcd7af6256fffb4b372
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/bfe2c0361339259e48655522bda7d959e18ca3
/usr/lib/firewalld/services/openelp.xml
/usr/lib/systemd/system/openelp.service
/usr/lib64/libopenelp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libopenelp.so.0.9.2
/usr/share/doc/openelp
/usr/share/doc/openelp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/openelp/README.md
/usr/share/doc/openelp/TODO.md
/usr/share/licenses/openelp
/usr/share/licenses/openelp/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/openelpd.1.gz

References

Summary

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