How To Install irc-otr on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install irc-otr in Fedora 36. irc-otr is Off-The-Record Messaging plugin for irssi

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install irc-otr on Fedora 36.

What is `irc-otr`

This provides modules which implement Off-The-Record (OTR) Messaging for the irssi IRC client.

We can use yum or dnf to install irc-otr on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install irc-otr.

Install irc-otr on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install irc-otr

Install irc-otr on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install irc-otr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install irc-otr

How To Uninstall irc-otr on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the irc-otr package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove irc-otr

irc-otr Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/c55b356f9318a31769586bccdd243da3568763
/usr/lib64/irssi/modules/libotr.so
/usr/share/doc/irc-otr
/usr/share/doc/irc-otr/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/irc-otr/README.md
/usr/share/irssi/help/otr
/usr/share/licenses/irc-otr
/usr/share/licenses/irc-otr/LICENSE

References

irc-otr website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install irc-otr on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).