How To Install irssi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install irssi.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. irssi.x86_64 is Modular text mode IRC client with Perl scripting

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install irssi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `irssi.x86_64`

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 to install irssi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install irssi.x86_64.

Install irssi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install irssi.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install irssi.x86_64

How To Uninstall irssi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the irssi.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove irssi.x86_64

irssi.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/irssi.conf
/usr/bin/botti
/usr/bin/irssi
/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-0.8.15
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/README
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/TODO
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/design.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/faq.html
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/faq.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/formats.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/manual.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/perl.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/signals.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/special_vars.txt
/usr/share/doc/irssi-0.8.15/startup-HOWTO.html
/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/invitelist
/usr/share/irssi/help/ircnet
/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/note
/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/rping
/usr/share/irssi/help/save
/usr/share/irssi/help/say
/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/uping
/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/watch
/usr/share/irssi/help/who
/usr/share/irssi/help/whois
/usr/share/irssi/help/whowas
/usr/share/irssi/help/window
/usr/share/irssi/help/wjoin
/usr/share/irssi/help/wquery
/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/sb_search.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/scriptassist.pl
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/splitlong.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

References

irssi.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install irssi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.