How To Install pidgin-sipe.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-sipe.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pidgin-sipe.x86_64 is Pidgin protocol plugin to connect to MS Office Communicator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-sipe.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `pidgin-sipe.x86_64`

A third-party plugin for the Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger. It implements the extended version of SIP/SIMPLE used by various products * Skype for Business * Microsoft Office 365 * Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) * Microsoft Lync Server * Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS 2007/2007 R2) * Microsoft Live Communications Server (LCS 2003/2005) * Reuters Messaging With this plugin you should be able to replace your Microsoft Office Communicator client with Pidgin. This package provides the icon set for Pidgin.

We can use yum to install pidgin-sipe.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pidgin-sipe.x86_64.

Install pidgin-sipe.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 pidgin-sipe.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pidgin-sipe.x86_64

How To Uninstall pidgin-sipe.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the pidgin-sipe.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove pidgin-sipe.x86_64

pidgin-sipe.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/16/sipe.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/22/sipe.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/48/sipe.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/scalable/sipe.svg

References

pidgin-sipe.x86_64 website

Summary

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