How To Install xchat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install xchat.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. xchat.x86_64 is A popular and easy to use graphical IRC (chat) client

Introduction

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

What is `xchat.x86_64`

X-Chat is an easy to use graphical IRC chat client for the X Window System. It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one-on-one conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible. This includes the plugins to run the Perl and Python scripts.

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

Install xchat.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 xchat.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xchat.x86_64

How To Uninstall xchat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove xchat.x86_64

xchat.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/gconf/schemas/apps_xchat_url_handler.schemas
/usr/bin/xchat
/usr/lib64/xchat
/usr/lib64/xchat/plugins
/usr/lib64/xchat/plugins/perl.so
/usr/lib64/xchat/plugins/python.so
/usr/share/applications/xchat.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.xchat.service.service
/usr/share/doc/xchat-2.8.8
/usr/share/doc/xchat-2.8.8/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xchat-2.8.8/README
/usr/share/doc/xchat-2.8.8/plugin20.html
/usr/share/doc/xchat-2.8.8/xchat2-perl.html
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/xchat.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/xchat.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/xchat.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/xchat.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/xchat.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xchat.png
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
/usr/share/pixmaps/xchat.png

References

xchat.x86_64 website

Summary

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