How To Install quassel-core on CentOS 8

quassel-core is Quassel core component

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install quassel-core on CentOS 8.

What is quassel-core

The Quassel IRC Core maintains a connection with the server, and allows for multiple clients to connect

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

Install quassel-core 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 quassel-core using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install quassel-core

Install quassel-core 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 quassel-core using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install quassel-core

How To Uninstall quassel-core on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the quassel-core package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove quassel-core

quassel-core Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/quassel.conf
/usr/bin/quasselcore
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/a3d45ffb77c5e05864585c96600ac697d275a7
/usr/lib/systemd/system/quasselcore.service
/usr/share/doc/quassel-core
/usr/share/doc/quassel-core/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/quassel-core
/usr/share/licenses/quassel-core/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/quassel-core/gpl-2.0.txt
/usr/share/licenses/quassel-core/gpl-3.0.txt
/var/lib/quassel

References

Summary

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