How To Install openelp on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openelp on CentOS 8.
What is openelp
OpenELP is an open source EchoLink proxy for Linux and Windows. It aims to be efficient and maintain a small footprint, while still implementing all of the features present in the official EchoLink proxy. OpenELP also has the ability to bind to multiple network interfaces which are routed to unique external IP addresses, and therefore is capable of accepting connections from multiple clients simultaneously.
We can use yum or dnf to install openelp on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openelp.
Install openelp 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 openelp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openelp
Install openelp 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 openelp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openelp
How To Uninstall openelp on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the openelp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openelp
openelp Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/ELProxy.conf
/etc/sysconfig/openelpd
/usr/bin/openelpd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/fec165608697e599153bcd7af6256fffb4b372
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/bfe2c0361339259e48655522bda7d959e18ca3
/usr/lib/firewalld/services/openelp.xml
/usr/lib/systemd/system/openelp.service
/usr/lib64/libopenelp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libopenelp.so.0.9.2
/usr/share/doc/openelp
/usr/share/doc/openelp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/openelp/README.md
/usr/share/doc/openelp/TODO.md
/usr/share/licenses/openelp
/usr/share/licenses/openelp/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/openelpd.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openelp on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.