How To Install sendxmpp on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sendxmpp on Rocky Linux 8.
What is sendxmpp
Sendxmpp is a Perl script to send XMPP (Jabber) messages from the command line, similar to what mail(1) does for mail. Messages can be sent both to individual recipients and chat rooms.
We can use yum or dnf to install sendxmpp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sendxmpp.
Install sendxmpp 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 sendxmpp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sendxmpp
Install sendxmpp 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 sendxmpp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sendxmpp
How To Uninstall sendxmpp on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the sendxmpp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sendxmpp
sendxmpp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/sendxmpp
/usr/share/doc/sendxmpp
/usr/share/doc/sendxmpp/Changes
/usr/share/doc/sendxmpp/README
/usr/share/man/man1/sendxmpp.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sendxmpp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
