How To Install kirc on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kirc on CentOS 8.
What is kirc
kirc (“KISS for IRC”) is a tiny open-source Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client designed with usability and cross-platform compatibility in mind.
We can use yum or dnf to install kirc on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kirc.
Install kirc 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 kirc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kirc
Install kirc 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 kirc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kirc
How To Uninstall kirc on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the kirc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kirc
kirc Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/kirc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/bde2d96a340530f1020e13ba44f3e3f4504575
/usr/share/doc/kirc
/usr/share/doc/kirc/README
/usr/share/licenses/kirc
/usr/share/licenses/kirc/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/kirc.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kirc on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.