How To Install pidgin-chime on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-chime in Fedora 36. pidgin-chime is Pidgin/libpurple protocol plugin for Amazon Chime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pidgin-chime on Fedora 36.

What is `pidgin-chime`

A plugin for the Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger, to support Amazon Chime. This package provides the icon set for Pidgin, and a UI plugin to indicate seen messages.

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

Install pidgin-chime 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 pidgin-chime using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pidgin-chime

Install pidgin-chime 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 pidgin-chime using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pidgin-chime

How To Uninstall pidgin-chime on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the pidgin-chime package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pidgin-chime

pidgin-chime Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/chime-auth.py
/usr/bin/chime-joinable.py
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/12083aebc621b3e6aee46cc75ee933fbccfc84
/usr/lib64/pidgin/chimeseen.so
/usr/share/applications/chime-auth.desktop
/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/16/chime.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/22/chime.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/48/chime.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/scalable/chime.svg
/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/protocols/scalable/chime_small.svg

References

pidgin-chime website

Summary

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