How To Install hexchat on CentOS 8

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat on CentOS 8.

What is `hexchat`

HexChat 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. hexchat 2.14.1 2.el8 x86_64 1.3 M hexchat-2.14.1-2.el8.src.rpm appstream A popular and easy to use graphical IRC (chat) client https GPLv2+ HexChat 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.

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

Install hexchat on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install hexchat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hexchat

Install hexchat on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install hexchat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hexchat

How To Uninstall hexchat on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove hexchat

hexchat Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/hexchat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/dc8b3d5a5081ce0e035e5a271674823eebf9c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/47fb85b887419055b3e9c7b7dbed84bd21217f
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/e27118a2573ac201827ea222fae9be13c7a5a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/fa080b0d506c5e024b36fd061151875bb1c580
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/3144ded2dbcc7aa0d5a9ddc56fac86725fa1ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/76b13b66abbca4215e79ebfc1076f16dd9c23d
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/5f1b2a993a5fdacd4740a7f25d8693cb5c60cf
/usr/lib64/hexchat
/usr/lib64/hexchat/plugins
/usr/lib64/hexchat/plugins/checksum.so
/usr/lib64/hexchat/plugins/fishlim.so
/usr/lib64/hexchat/plugins/lua.so
/usr/lib64/hexchat/plugins/perl.so
/usr/lib64/hexchat/plugins/python.so
/usr/lib64/hexchat/plugins/sysinfo.so
/usr/share/applications/io.github.Hexchat.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.hexchat.service.service
/usr/share/doc/hexchat
/usr/share/doc/hexchat/readme.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/hexchat.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/hexchat.svg
/usr/share/licenses/hexchat
/usr/share/licenses/hexchat/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/hexchat.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/io.github.Hexchat.appdata.xml
/usr/bin/hexchat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/cd3457ab0a28ea346cc0b796238ba816a7f8c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/e9af4f5bc4f49ced61e320349dc7806be4b96d
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/9dbe158ce7dcda9efb2ab882aa3004028b5a50
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/1d0d3d61a0f51e13340ff57211c7de6db7e25c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/1fceaf879ed71099daa6a3868dc9c196ffa056
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/0f7d783dea294474ada2760afb09402d5fbf35
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/3fb6ab49babf7e5149520b9712a21f574e9a80
/usr/lib/hexchat
/usr/lib/hexchat/plugins
/usr/lib/hexchat/plugins/checksum.so
/usr/lib/hexchat/plugins/fishlim.so
/usr/lib/hexchat/plugins/lua.so
/usr/lib/hexchat/plugins/perl.so
/usr/lib/hexchat/plugins/python.so
/usr/lib/hexchat/plugins/sysinfo.so
/usr/share/applications/io.github.Hexchat.desktop
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.hexchat.service.service
/usr/share/doc/hexchat
/usr/share/doc/hexchat/readme.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/hexchat.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/hexchat.svg
/usr/share/licenses/hexchat
/usr/share/licenses/hexchat/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja_JP/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/hexchat.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/hexchat.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/io.github.Hexchat.appdata.xml

References

[hexchat website](https://hexchat.github.io https://hexchat.github.io)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexchat on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.