How To Install kirc on Fedora 34

kirc is Tiny IRC client written in POSIX C99

Introduction

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

What is kirc

kirc (“KISS for IRC”) is a tiny open-source Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client designed with usability and cross-platform compatibility in mind.

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

Install kirc 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 kirc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kirc

Install kirc 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 kirc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kirc

How To Uninstall kirc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove kirc

kirc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/kirc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/f0816b1e117382cf4612a5d1e0633357819b9e
/usr/share/doc/kirc
/usr/share/doc/kirc/README
/usr/share/licenses/kirc
/usr/share/licenses/kirc/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/kirc.1.gz
/usr/bin/kirc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/74b3ae0901f694424e65ec11f7d3c633d5c317
/usr/share/doc/kirc
/usr/share/doc/kirc/README
/usr/share/licenses/kirc
/usr/share/licenses/kirc/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/kirc.1.gz

References

Summary

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