How To Install openelp on CentOS 8

openelp is Open Source EchoLink Proxy

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.