How To Install pidgin-otr on Fedora 36

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

Introduction

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

What is pidgin-otr

This is a Pidgin plugin which implements Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging. It is known to work (at least) under the Linux and Windows versions of Pidgin.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install pidgin-otr

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

sudo yum -y install pidgin-otr

How To Uninstall pidgin-otr on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove pidgin-otr

pidgin-otr Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/80b1cdaaa1693b0a132099c3bae8053fae9e1e
/usr/lib64/pidgin/pidgin-otr.so
/usr/share/appdata/pidgin-otr.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/doc/pidgin-otr
/usr/share/doc/pidgin-otr/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pidgin-otr/README
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/my_MM/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb_NO/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin-otr.mo

References

Summary

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