How To Install libircclient on Fedora 34

libircclient is C library to create IRC clients C library to create IRC clients

Introduction

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

What is `libircclient`

libircclient is a small but extremely powerful library which implements the IRC protocol. It is designed to be small, fast, portable and compatible with the RFC standards as well as non-standard but popular features. It is perfect for building the IRC clients and bots. libircclient 1.8 18.fc34 x86_64 38 k libircclient-1.8-18.fc34.src.rpm fedora C library to create IRC clients http LGPLv3+ libircclient is a small but extremely powerful library which implements the IRC protocol. It is designed to be small, fast, portable and compatible with the RFC standards as well as non-standard but popular features. It is perfect for building the IRC clients and bots.

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

Install libircclient 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 libircclient using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libircclient

Install libircclient 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 libircclient using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libircclient

How To Uninstall libircclient on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libircclient

libircclient Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/589daa129a796672ce9070c75296fbed33defb
/usr/lib/libircclient.so.1
/usr/share/doc/libircclient
/usr/share/doc/libircclient/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/libircclient/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/libircclient
/usr/share/licenses/libircclient/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/829a81039b80a54b2c4fff28cb341c1fbaf156
/usr/lib64/libircclient.so.1
/usr/share/doc/libircclient
/usr/share/doc/libircclient/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/libircclient/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/libircclient
/usr/share/licenses/libircclient/LICENSE

References

[libircclient website](http://www.ulduzsoft.com/libircclient/ http://www.ulduzsoft.com/libircclient/)

Summary

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