How To Install weechat on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat in Fedora 36. weechat is Portable, fast, light and extensible IRC client

Introduction

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

What is weechat

WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a portable, fast, light and extensible IRC client. Everything can be done with a keyboard. It is customizable and extensible with scripts.

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

Install weechat 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 weechat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install weechat

Install weechat 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 weechat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install weechat

How To Uninstall weechat on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove weechat

weechat Package Contents on Fedora 36

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## Introduction

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

### What is `weechat`

> WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a portable, fast, light and extensible IRC client. Everything can be done with a keyboard. It is customizable and extensible with scripts.  

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/usr/share/man/sr/man1/weechat-headless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/sr/man1/weechat.1.gz
We can use `yum` or `dnf` to install `weechat` on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install weechat.

## Install weechat on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

## References

* [weechat website](http://weechat.org)
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

Summary

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

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


sudo dnf -y install weechat

Install weechat 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 weechat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install weechat

How To Uninstall weechat on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove weechat

weechat Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/weechat
/usr/bin/weechat-curses
/usr/bin/weechat-headless
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/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
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/usr/share/doc/weechat/Contributing.adoc
/usr/share/doc/weechat/README.adoc
/usr/share/doc/weechat/ReleaseNotes.adoc
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/usr/share/doc/weechat/weechat_dev.ja.html
/usr/share/doc/weechat/weechat_dev.sr.html
/usr/share/doc/weechat/weechat_faq.de.html
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/usr/share/doc/weechat/weechat_faq.fr.html
/usr/share/doc/weechat/weechat_faq.it.html
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/usr/share/doc/weechat/weechat_user.fr.html
/usr/share/doc/weechat/weechat_user.it.html
/usr/share/doc/weechat/weechat_user.ja.html
/usr/share/doc/weechat/weechat_user.pl.html
/usr/share/doc/weechat/weechat_user.sr.html
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/weechat.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/weechat.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/weechat.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/weechat.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/weechat.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/weechat.png
/usr/share/licenses/weechat
/usr/share/licenses/weechat/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/weechat.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/weechat.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/weechat.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/weechat.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/weechat.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/weechat.mo
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/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/weechat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/weechat.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/weechat.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/weechat.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/weechat.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/weechat.mo
/usr/share/man/cs/man1/weechat-headless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man1/weechat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/weechat-headless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/weechat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/weechat-headless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/weechat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/it/man1/weechat-headless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/it/man1/weechat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man1/weechat-headless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man1/weechat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/weechat-headless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/weechat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man1/weechat-headless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man1/weechat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/weechat-headless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/weechat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/sr/man1/weechat-headless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/sr/man1/weechat.1.gz

References

Summary

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