How To Install centerim on Fedora 34

centerim is Text mode menu- and window-driven IM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install centerim on Fedora 34.

What is centerim

CenterIM is a text mode menu- and window-driven IM interface that supports the ICQ2000, Yahoo!, MSN, AIM TOC, IRC, Gadu-Gadu and Jabber protocols. Internal RSS reader and a client for LiveJournal are provided.

We can use yum or dnf to install centerim on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install centerim.

Install centerim on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install centerim using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install centerim

Install centerim on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install centerim using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install centerim

How To Uninstall centerim on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the centerim package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove centerim

centerim Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/centerim
/usr/bin/cimconv
/usr/bin/cimextracthistory.pl
/usr/bin/cimformathistory
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/507562fb68407403e4aabc1311248bd6412e39
/usr/share/applications/centerim.desktop
/usr/share/centerim
/usr/share/centerim/email.wav
/usr/share/centerim/msg.wav
/usr/share/centerim/offline.wav
/usr/share/centerim/online.wav
/usr/share/centerim/sms.wav
/usr/share/centerim/url.wav
/usr/share/doc/centerim
/usr/share/doc/centerim/ABOUT-NLS
/usr/share/doc/centerim/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/centerim/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/centerim/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/centerim/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/centerim/README
/usr/share/doc/centerim/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/centerim/TODO
/usr/share/icons/Centerim_b.svg
/usr/share/licenses/centerim
/usr/share/licenses/centerim/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/centerim.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/centerim.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cimconv.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install centerim on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.