How To Install ngircd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ngircd in Fedora 36. ngircd is Next Generation IRC Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ngircd on Fedora 36.

What is `ngircd`

ngIRCd is a free open source daemon for Internet Relay Chat (IRC), developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It’s written from scratch and is not based upon the original IRCd like many others.

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

Install ngircd 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 ngircd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ngircd

Install ngircd 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 ngircd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ngircd

How To Uninstall ngircd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ngircd

ngircd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/ngircd.conf
/etc/ngircd.motd
/etc/pam.d/ngircd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/53e6619159ea04421986ff84b2df1e3b3a2b95
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ngircd.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ngircd.conf
/usr/sbin/ngircd
/usr/share/doc/ngircd
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Bopm.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Capabilities.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Commands.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Contributing.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/FAQ.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/HowToRelease.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Modes.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/PAM.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Platforms.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Protocol.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/README-AUX.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/README-BeOS.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/README-Interix.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/README.md
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/RFC.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/SSL.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/Services.txt
/usr/share/doc/ngircd/sample-ngircd.conf
/usr/share/licenses/ngircd
/usr/share/licenses/ngircd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/ngircd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ngircd.8.gz

References

ngircd website

Summary

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