How To Install znc-clientbuffer on CentOS 8

znc-clientbuffer is ZNC module for client specific buffers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install znc-clientbuffer on CentOS 8.

What is znc-clientbuffer

The client buffer module maintains client specific buffers for identified clients.

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

Install znc-clientbuffer 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 znc-clientbuffer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install znc-clientbuffer

Install znc-clientbuffer 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 znc-clientbuffer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install znc-clientbuffer

How To Uninstall znc-clientbuffer on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the znc-clientbuffer package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove znc-clientbuffer

znc-clientbuffer Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/4d079d8f163cfe133f6950c02082c0403efffe
/usr/lib64/znc/clientbuffer.so

References

Summary

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